Jesaja en de biodiversiteitscrisis: Bijbellezen in ecologisch perspectief
Ecological hermeneutics stands for bringing an ecological perspective to biblical interpretation. This article compares the ecocritical reading advocated by the book Hemels groen with three common approaches in ecological hermeneutics. It then focuses on the issue of the enormous biodiversity loss c...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | Dutch |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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Theologia reformata
Year: 2025, Volume: 68, Issue: 2, Pages: 136-150 |
| Review of: | Hemels Groen: nieuw licht op duurzaamheid als bijbels thema (Haarlem/Antwerpen : Nederlands-Vlaams Bijbelgenootschap, 2024$u978-9-0891-2280-3) (Dekker, J.) |
| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society HB Old Testament KDD Protestant Church NBD Doctrine of Creation NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics |
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| Summary: | Ecological hermeneutics stands for bringing an ecological perspective to biblical interpretation. This article compares the ecocritical reading advocated by the book Hemels groen with three common approaches in ecological hermeneutics. It then focuses on the issue of the enormous biodiversity loss caused by human beings. Based on a discussion of the seraphs' exclamation in Isaiah 6:3b and the praise of the wild animals in Isaiah 43:20, it is argued that biodiversity loss has a profound theological and spiritual impact. Humanity directly harms God's glory and deprives Him of a significant part of the praise due to Him. Despite its theocentric focus, Reformed theology has not sufficiently resisted this. As a result, creation has not been given adequate attention in Reformed religious practice and belief. Acknowledging and appreciating the place of creation in the theology of Isaiah helps to listen better to the language spoken by non-human creation today. |
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| Reference: | Kritik in "Groene exegese: nieuwe perspectieven (2025)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theologia reformata
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.21827/TR.68.2.136-150 |