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Creation in Community - Faith and the EnvironmentFretheim sees extraordinary interdependence in the creation account of Genesis 1 and 2. God shares creative powers ("let the earth bring forth"). God involves others in the creative process and chooses to act in genuinely interdependent ways. God creates with a divine council ("let us make"). We can learn different ways of caring for the environment from this creative and relational God. |
Responses
Toward A Deep Christian Ecology
Conventional wisdom concerning biblical views of creation has yielded shallow ecology. No abiding environmental transformation is possible without transformation of our imaginative sense of who we are and how we live within the fabric of creation. There is no better resource than the Bible for the work of transforming imagination. Humanity and creation share in "groaning" and in hope. They have a common story and common fate, either the story of violence, alienation (anti-hospitality) and death or the story of grace and redemption. In the new creation, God makes room for both humanity and creation once again to live in freedom from "bondage to decay" (Rom 8:21). Paul thus does not envision human salvation apart from the salvation of the rest of creation; they are for him integrally related.
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Becoming Creative and Relational in our Worship and Theology
Kim Clayton challenges the church be more creative and relational in our worship and theological discourse, to move beyond "stewardship" and to become lovers of creation, made in the divine image, committed to love as God loves what God loves.
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Subjunctive Theology
Stroup is concerned that Fretheim, in his reading of the creation story, is constructing a God that is merely the projection of human needs and desires. If the God of classical theism is not helpful in responding to the ecological crisis in which we find ourselves, then let’s construct an understanding of God that will best serve our cause. Stroup seems to suggest that Fretheim's project is not a proper way to do theology.
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Extras
Creation on the Cross: Resources for Action and Reflection
From This Point Onward is an educational resource section which will appear in every issue of this journal. We hope the resources will be useful in guiding further reflection and discussion on the topics addressed in the journal. For this issue, Creation On the Cross, we offer three lesson plans and an annotated bibliography.
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