Creation Concepts and Creation Care
Perspectives from Early Judaism, Early Christianity, and Beyond. Kontexte und Normen neutestamentlicher Ethik / Contexts and Norms of New Testament Ethics XVII
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Beschreibung
The contributors to this edited volume explore creation concepts in antiquity and aspects of caring for creation in ancient Jewish and Christian texts. Moreover, they inquire about the relevance of these texts and topics to today's earth ethics and ecological crises.
The contributors to this edited volume explore creation concepts in antiquity and aspects of creation care in Jewish and Christian texts. They also ask about how these texts and topics are relevant to today's earth ethics and in particular to the climate crisis. After reflecting on how the concepts of creation, nature, and cosmos relate to each other, the focus is initially on Jewish writings, which previous research on creation has barely considered. Moreover, central canonical Christian texts and early Syrian traditions are examined. The ethical-hermeneutical section addresses how New Testament studies approach the topic of creation in current debates on the subject. The bridges to today include the reception of biblical creation motifs in film, an exemplary "Earth Bible reading" of the Apocalypse of John, and a public theological look at the question of responsibility for creation and sustainability.
Autor*in
Ruben Zimmermann
Born 1968; 1999 Doctorate (Dr. theol.) at Heidelberg University; 1999 Ordination as pastor in the Protestant Regional Church in Baden; 2003 Habilitation at Ludwig Maximilian University Munich; Professor of New Testament at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz; Co-founder of the research center "Ethics in Antiquity and Christianity" (e/αc) and of the journal "Journal for Ethics in Antiquity and Christianity" (JEAC); Research Associate in the Department of Old and New Testament Studies at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Themen in »Creation Concepts and Creation Care«
Deuterokanonische Schriften/Deuterocanonical Writings Klimakrise/climate crisis Neues Testament/New Testament Studies Ökotheologie/ecotheology