Eschatological naturalism and ecological responsibility: Troubling some assumptions
The connection between ecological responsibility and differing conceptions of Christian eschatology is widely observed. It is often assumed that the necessary response to Christian environmental inaction is affirmation of a strongly this-worldly vision of new creation (so, influentially, N. T. Wrigh...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2024, Volume: 77, Issue: 3, Pages: 245-259 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Wright, N. T. 1948-
/ Cone, James H. 1938-2018
/ Eschatology
/ Continuity
/ Ecology
/ Exegesis
/ Systematic theology
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NAA Systematic theology NBQ Eschatology NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
James Cone
B Heaven B Environmental Ethics B Eschatology B Hope |
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| Summary: | The connection between ecological responsibility and differing conceptions of Christian eschatology is widely observed. It is often assumed that the necessary response to Christian environmental inaction is affirmation of a strongly this-worldly vision of new creation (so, influentially, N. T. Wright). However, recent systematic theology has seen retrieval of elements of eschatology that foreground discontinuity and transcendence (e.g. Hans Boersma). Moreover, there are exegetical challenges to continuationist claims (e.g. Markus Bockmuehl and Edward Adams) and doctrinal reactions to ‘eschatological naturalism’ (Katherine Sonderegger and Michael Allen). Where does this leave the connection between ecological witness and the content of Christian hope? Doubtless, continuationist accounts have some salutary emphases, but on exegetical, doctrinal and moral grounds I seek to disentangle the assumed compact of particular construals of this-worldly continuity and ethical commitment. Finally, drawing on James Cone's meditations upon black spiritual traditions, I explore how discontinuous interpretations of the life to come themselves need not undermine responsible action. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-3065 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Scottish journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0036930624000310 |