Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: Environment
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Came across this essay in Crux today while searching for something else written by Steven Bouma-Prediger. The Peace of Creation: Recovering a Theological Balance by Jonathan R. Wilson. (Crux September 2004/Vol. XL, No. 3). It’s exactly the sort of essay I could give to my theology students when we’re talking about creation and how other…
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Thought provoking article at Seed Magazine: Science is Culture – Collapse on ecological suicide–ecocide. At first, a critic, noting the obvious differences, might be tempted to object: “It’s ridiculous to suppose that the collapses of all those ancient peoples could have broad relevance today, especially to the modern United States. Those ancients didn’t enjoy the…
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Yesterday I spent the morning teaching a module on the doctrine of creation to my introductory theology students. On going beyond “origins” discussions to a fuller understanding of creation that is interlinked with our christology, our doctrines of God and the Trinity, eschatology and Christian living. Tonight I’m off to hear Steven Bouma-Prediger speaking on…
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Kingdom Builders 04 finished yesterday and Steve and I wrapped up the “Theology and Real Life” stream looking at Jesus and technology. Over the past three days we’d run sessions on Jesus & the environment, Jesus and the foreshore, and Jesus and technology using Karl Barth’s quote “Tell me your Christology, and I’ll tell you…
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Still thinking about creation I went back through some back issues of Reality Magazine just skimming and came across the following article. Reality. Issue 52: “The Green-Fingered God” by�David�Crawley I appreciated David’s teaching and guidance while studying for my BD a few years back, and in my final year combined the theology major with spiritual…
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“A mistake about creation will lead to a mistake about God.” (Thomas Aquinas, Summa Contra Gentiles II. 2. 3)
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I’ve been spending a bit of time finding some articles for a couple of lectures I’m giving in a week or two on cosmic eschatology (“End times” for the non-theological). My co-lecturer is dealing with personal eschatology and things like heaven and hell, intermediate states (what happens when we die but before the final resurrection)…
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Saw this the other day. I’ve been thinking (& lecturing) about the imago Dei recently and its implications for humanities relationship with the world and this seemed helpful possibility if they finish it. And it has an Antipodean flavour. From their web site at: Earth Bible The basic aims of the Earth Bible Project are…
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Following up on the ecology theme from yesterday I’ve been reading some of Andrew Linzey’s stuff (e.g. Animal Theology) recently as part of looking at how the doctrine of the image of God might relate beyond the normal “domination/stewardship” model normally discussed in that context. An accessible article by Linzey on the gospel and its…
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A couple of links for people thinking about the integration of faith and ecology (including the socio-economic issues that go with that). Creation Care Study Program: “CCSP readily awaits adventure seeking, Biblically minded students, who want to take on the challenge of learning how to care for God’s earth and all its creatures – both…