From primordial curse to eschatological restoration: Ecological challenges from Genesis 3:14–20 and Romans 8:18–25

Verbum et Ecclesia

 
 
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Title From primordial curse to eschatological restoration: Ecological challenges from Genesis 3:14–20 and Romans 8:18–25
 
Creator Folarin, George O.
 
Subject Religion; Christian Theological Study Ecology; comparative study; God; children of God; restoration; redemption
Description This work employs a comparative study of the theologies of Genesis 3:14–20 and Romans 8:18–25 as it relates to the problem of ecological imbalance. It attempts to re-interpret from a Christian theological point of view the primary and the secondary causes of decay from Genesis and the implications of those for the ecosystem, identifies Paul’s eschatological theology of restoration, and then re-reads the import of his eschatological hope in Romans for the restoration of the creation. By inter-acting the curse theology of Genesis 3 with the restorative theology of Romans 8, the work shows the drift of the ‘very good’ world from its initial, harmonious state to its present state of chaos and the challenge to redress the contemporary ecological imbalance.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
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Date 2011-09-28
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Theological approach through textual analysis
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/ve.v32i1.492
 
Source Verbum et Ecclesia; Vol 32, No 1 (2011); 7 pages 2074-7705 1609-9982
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage West Africa Contemporary society —
Rights Copyright (c) 2011 George O. Folarin https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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