Creation Care and the Gospel: Reconsidering the Mission of the Church
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
How should Christians react to environmental crisis? Historically, evangelicals have ignored this aspect of living for Christ, so this book aims to reinvigorate and empower Christians across the globe to care for creation.
This book collects the work of biblical scholars, theologians, biologists, environmental researchers, and community organizers who met at “The Global Consultation on Creation Care and the Gospel” in Jamaica in 2012. Participants from 23 countries as diverse as Argentina, Bangladesh, Benin, and Canada gathered for five days to pray, talk, and reflect on the state of the planet—the home in which we live—and on the role and ministry of the church in caring for God’s creation.
The book contains biblical and theological affirmations from well-respected scholars and teachers, reminding us that caring for creation is central to the evangelical faith. It is an integral part of our mission, an expression of our worship of God, and a matter of great joy and hope.
Produced in partnership with the Lausanne Library.
- Includes the work of biblical scholars, theologians, biologists, environmental researchers, and community organizers
- Focuses on caring for creation as central to the evangelical faith
- Explores the connection between creation care and missions
Part 1—God’s Word
- Ruling God’s World God’s Way: Dominion in Psalm 8 - Edward R Brown
- The Biblical Basis for Creation Care - Jonathan A Moo
- Ecological Hope in Crisis? - Richard Bauckham
- Environmental Missions: An Introduction - Lowell Bliss
- Creation Care and the Great Commission - Craig Sorley
- How Does Creation Care Belong within an Evangelical Understanding of Mission? - Dave Bookless
- Creation Care: A Brief Overview of Christian Involvement - R J (Sam) Berry
Part 2—God’s Work
- Global Warming, Climate Change, and Sustainability: Challenges to Scientists, Policymakers, and Christians - John Houghton
- Poverty and Climate Change - Dorothy Boorse
- Is the Weather Going Crazy? Impacts of Climate Change in the Cusco Region of Peru - Juliana Morillo Horne
- Population and Ecological Sustainability - John P McKeown
- Unnatural Disasters - Robert S White
- Biodiversity Loss: A Christian Concern? - Martin J Hodson
- Creation Care of the Other 71% - Meric Srokosz and Robert D Sluka
- Planetary Boundaries and the Green Economy - Paul Cook
Part 3 God’s Word
- Holistic Environmental Stewardship in East Africa - Serah Wambua
- The Church and Sustainable Cities in East Asia - David Gould
- Creation Care as a Ministry of Reconciliation: A Framework for Environmental Missions - Susan D Emmerich
- Towards a Robust Theology of the Environment - Ken Gnanakan
Case Studies
- Improvisational Drama, Australian Church Youth, and Climate Change: An Educational Tool for Bringing about Positive Changes - Sally Shaw
- The Work of A Rocha Ghana - Seth Appiah-Kubi
- Caring for Creation Down Under: Friends of A Rocha Australia - Mick Pope
- Drought and Flooding in Bangladesh - James Pender
- ECHO, a Community Development and Agriculture Organization - Stan Doerr
- Can the Desert Be Green? Asian Journeys’ Green Desert Project in Inner Mongolia - Lawrence Ko
- Restoring a Mountain, Reconciling Communities: A Rocha in Aotearoa New Zealand - Andrew Shepherd
- Evolving Church Action on Deforestation in Argentina - Andrew Leake
- A Case Study from Uganda - Sara Kaweesa
- A Rocha Living Waterways - Dave Bookless
This book is a treasure trove of Scriptural insights and a challenge, not only to Evangelical Christians but to all those who are concerned to cherish the earth and preserve it for future generations, to find in Scripture both the motivation and the rationale for commitment to environmental action.
—Green Christian Magazine
- Title: Creation Care and the Gospel: Reconsidering the Mission of the Church
- Authors: Robert S. White, Colin Bell
- Publisher: Hendrickson
- Print Publication Date: 2016
- Pages: 350
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Resource ID: LLS:CRTNCRMSSNCHRCH
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2020-09-03T16:59:39Z