The Ecological Challenge to Biblical Studies

Horrell, David G.

doi:10.1177/0040571x0911200302

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“…The Exeter project uses a kind of revisionist reading, which tries neither to defend (reading of recovery) nor to resist (reading of resistance) the biblical and Christian traditions, but to 're-claim' their ecological potential (Santmire 2000:10). Its supporters define it as a kind of ecological reformation of the theological reflection in dialogue with global issues (Horrell 2009). The hermeneutics would need to interact not only with global issues but also with the threefold African ontology.…”

Section: The Exeter Projectmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards a hermeneutics of sustainability in Africa: Engaging indigenous knowledge in dialogue with Christianity

Kavusa

2021

Verbum et Ecclesia

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Today there are a number of ecological hermeneutics, such as the Exeter project (UK), the Earth Bible project (Australia), the anti-ecological readings and the eco-feminist readings. Whilst these trends provide Christianity with valuable ecological insights, they tend to be more global than specific. The Exeter project claims even to search for the ‘universal’ eco-meaning of the scriptures. Thus, every community should learn from them and try to develop its ecological hermeneutical framework, which can sustainably address its contextual issues. This article explores whether elements of traditional Africa can be transformed into a valuable hermeneutical framework of ecological sustainability for Christianity in Africa. African traditional societies were built upon a threefold worldview, namely (1) the sacredness of all life (moral or spiritual dimension of nature), (2) the pre-eminence of the community over individual interests and (3) the cosmological dimension of the chieftaincy (governance). In the process of the Christianisation of Africa, this framework by which African people make sense of the world became so impaired that the Africans ceased to understand their world through their own cultural systems. With a proper re-configuration in dialogue with a sound biblical green theology, this triad can be turned into an effective hermeneutical vehicle of African churches’ engagement for a sustainable life in Africa.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: This article explores whether elements of traditional Africa can be transformed into a valuable hermeneutical framework of ecological sustainability for Christianity in Africa. It draws on ecological hermeneutics that exist in the theological disciplines. It involves the disciplines of biblical exegesis and ecological hermeneutics, African hermeneutics and insights from sustainability theories.

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Section: The Exeter Projectmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards a hermeneutics of sustainability in Africa: Engaging indigenous knowledge in dialogue with Christianity

Kavusa

2021

Verbum et Ecclesia

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“…46 (Horrel 2009) karena terlalu menekankan unsur antroposentrisme, akibatnya tercipta dualisme antara manusia dengan alam. Dalam pandangan Jr, situasi ini terjadi karena akibat konsep antroposentrisme yang menempatkan manusia sebagai mahkota penciptaan sehingga merasa diri berhak untuk berkuasa, menaklukkan bahkan mengeksploitasi alam demi kepentingannya sendiri (Jr. 1974).…”

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Membangun Teologi Pertanian Melalui Pembacaan Lintas Tekstual Injil Matius Dan Kosmologi Jawa

Panjaitan¹

2020

BNF

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Dewasa ini pertanian yang dijalankan seringkali mengandalkan pestisida yang mengakibatkan kerusakan tanah dan ketidakseimbangan ekosistem. Ini disebabkan manusia tidak merasa sebagai bagian dari alam. Artikel ini bertujuan menggali keteladanan Yesus Kristus sebagai seorang petani seperti yang dituliskan dalam Injil Matius dan menghubungkannya dengan kearifan kosmologis budaya Jawa. Harapannya akan membangun sebuah teologi pertanian kontekstual yang menghargai dan menjaga keharmonisan hidup alam. Metode yang digunakan adalah pembacaan lintas tekstual, yaitu mengambil pesan positif dari dua teks/konteks yang disandingkan untuk membangun sebuah bentuk teologi yang kontekstual. Hasilnya, teologi pertanian kontekstual menekankan bahwa bertani adalah sebuah ibadah yang mendorong manusia untuk menjaga kelestarian alam semesta dengan kesadaran bahwa manusia dan alam adalah sesama saudara diciptakan oleh Tuhan. Keduanya harus saling menjaga dan melindungi. Di dalam kesatuan tersebut mereka menemukan diri mereka bersatu dengan Allah. Teologi pertanian kontekstual hanya merekomendasi pertanian organik sebagai cara bertani yang benar karena model ini akan menjaga kelestarian hidup alam dan manusia.

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“…The literature on environmental stewardship is diverse and fragmented. It has been interrogated by scholars of theology (Berry 2006;Horrell 2009Horrell , 2010, environmental law (Lucy and Mitchell 1996;Barritt 2014), and ecology (Chapin et al 2009(Chapin et al , 2015Soliman 2014). Beyond the academy, environmental stewardship is also a practice, and has found considerable traction in resource and land governance.…”

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Practicing stewardship: EU biofuels policy and certification in the UK and Guatemala

Helliwell

Tomei

2016

Agric Hum Values

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Biofuels have transitioned from a technology expected to deliver numerous benefits to a highly contested socio-technical solution. Initial hopes about their potential to mitigate climate change and to deliver energy security benefits and rural development, particularly in the Global South, have unravelled in the face of numerous controversies. In recognition of the negative externalities associated with biofuels, the European Union developed sustainability criteria which are enforced by certification schemes. This paper draws on the literature on stewardship to analyse the outcomes of these schemes in two countries: the UK and Guatemala. It explores two key issues: first, how has European Union biofuels policy shaped biofuel industries in the UK and Guatemala? And second, what are the implications for sustainable land stewardship? By drawing attention to the outcomes of European demand for biofuels, we raise questions about the ability of European policy to drive sustainable land practices in these two cases. The paper concludes that, rather than promoting stewardship, the current governance framework effectively rubberstamps existing agricultural systems and serves to further embed existing inequalities.

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The Ecological Challenge to Biblical Studies

Cited by 7 publications

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Towards a hermeneutics of sustainability in Africa: Engaging indigenous knowledge in dialogue with Christianity

Towards a hermeneutics of sustainability in Africa: Engaging indigenous knowledge in dialogue with Christianity

Membangun Teologi Pertanian Melalui Pembacaan Lintas Tekstual Injil Matius Dan Kosmologi Jawa

Practicing stewardship: EU biofuels policy and certification in the UK and Guatemala

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