Dusty Earthlings
eBook - ePub

Dusty Earthlings

Living as Eco-Physical Beings in God's Eco-Physical World

  1. 298 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Dusty Earthlings

Living as Eco-Physical Beings in God's Eco-Physical World

About this book

The Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground... (Gen 2:7). Made of dust, we humans are thoroughly physical beings. We are dusty earthlings. As such, we are also ecological beings, or rather eco-physical beings, firmly embedded in and dependent upon God's earthly ecosystems that support and provide for us and constitute our earthly home. Today we are living in ways that are damaging our home.As Christian dusty earthlings, we are called to oversee God's earthly creation and to follow Jesus Christ--God incarnated as a dusty earthling. How do we do this in the face of the array of ecological problems we face today? How can we obey the ecological principles and limits that govern all of life on God's good earth? I suggest that the virtues of humility, voluntary self-limitation, and the principles of kenosis and justice will help as we seek to follow Jesus as dusty earthlings in today's world.

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Information

Publisher
Cascade Books
Year
2012
eBook ISBN
9781621894582
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Religion

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Foreword
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Chapter 1: Introduction: Humans as Dusty Earthlings
  6. Chapter 2: Our Separation from Creation
  7. Chapter 3: Human Nature according to Science
  8. Chapter 4: The Bible I: God and Humans
  9. Chapter 5: The Bible II: The Image of God, the Dominion Mandate, and Other Issues
  10. Chapter 6: Ecology for Dusty Earthlings
  11. Chapter 7: Ethics for Dusty Earthlings: Living In God’s Eco-Physical World
  12. Chapter 8: Conclusion
  13. Bibliography
  14. Glossary