What is the role of man within Creation? Each era, each generation, each society faces this question according to its relationship with the World: immutable and inexhaustible, or limited and destructible? Today, ecological issues are associated with major threats to humanity: depletion of resources, massive environmental pollution, and the destruction or genetic manipulation of living species. We now fear for the survival of humanity due to a misuse of the created world. This new situation challenges Christianity and compels it to reopen the chapter of the theology of Creation to address the question of human responsibility toward the world entrusted by God. This book brings together the contributions of several Protestant theologians who have explored these questions in depth.
The Bible never directly mentions ecological issues as they present themselves today, but it is permeated by an eschatological urgency, particularly in the texts received from Judaism, which has always inspired theologians and prompted Christians to commit themselves to defending the environment in the name of their faith. What do the Scriptures teach us, and what are the main questions?
This work represents a Protestant response that testifies to the same fundamental intuition and carries the same hope as Pope Francis's Encyclical Laudato Si. It brings a different sensibility and deploys the authors' own perspective, inspired by numerous biblical references, the thought of John Calvin, and more contemporary Protestant thinkers like Jacques Ellul. Other disciplines, such as economics, art, and science, are also engaged in a global approach and serve to reposition humanity in the face of its challenges.
Author: Jean-Philippe Barde
ISBN: 9782365261142