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Creation and the Environment: An Anabaptist Perspective on a Sustainable World
Contributor(s): Redekop, Calvin (Editor)
ISBN: 0801864232     ISBN-13: 9780801864230
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
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Product Type: Paperback
Published: October 2000
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Annotation: Recent years have seen a shift in the belief that a religious world-view, specifically a Christian one, precludes a commitment to environmentalism. Whether as "stewards of God's creation" or champions of "environmental justice," church members have increasingly found that a strong pro-ecology stand on environmental issues is an integral component of their faith. But not all Christian denominations are latecomers to the issue of environmentalism. In Creation and the EnvironmentCalvin W. Redekop and his co-authors explain the unique environmental position of the Anabaptists, in particular the Mennonites.

After a brief survey of the major forces contributing to the word's present ecological crisis, Creation and the Environment explores the uniquely Anabaptist view of our relationship to what they see as the created order. In rural Amish and Mennonite communities, they explain, the environment--especially the "land"--is considered part of the Kingdom God plans to establish on earth. In this view, the creation is part of the divine order, with the redemption of humankind inextricably linked to the redemption and restoration of the material world. The well-being a purpose of creation and human history are thus seen as completely interdependent.

Contributors: Heather Ackley Bean, Claremont Graduate School ? Kenton Brubaker, Eastern Mennonite University ? Thomas Finger, Claremont Graduate School ? Karen Klassen Harder, Bethel College, Kansas ? James Harder, Bethel College, Kansas ? Lawrence Hart, Cheyenne Cultural Center, Clinton, Oklahoma ? Theodore Hiebert, McCormick Theological Seminary ? Karl Keener, Pennsylvania State University ? Walter Klaassen, Conrad Grebel College ? DavidKline, Holmes County, Ohio ? Calvin W. Redekop, Conrad Grebel College ? Mel Schmidt ? Dorothy Jean Weaver, Eastern Mennonite University ? Michael Yoder, Northwestern College, Iowa.

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Theology - Ethics
- Religion | Christian Living - Stewardship & Giving
- Social Science | Sociology Of Religion
Dewey: 261.836
LCCN: 00008081
Series: Center Books in Anabaptist Studies
Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.98" W x 8.98" (0.95 lbs) 304 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 21st Century
- Religious Orientation - Christian
 
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Recent years have seen a shift in the belief that a religious world-view, specifically a Christian one, precludes a commitment to environmentalism. Whether as "stewards of God's creation" or champions of "environmental justice," church members have increasingly found that a strong pro-ecology stand on environmental issues is an integral component of their faith. But not all Christian denominations are latecomers to the issue of environmentalism. In Creation and the EnvironmentCalvin W. Redekop and his co-authors explain the unique environmental position of the Anabaptists, in particular the Mennonites.

After a brief survey of the major forces contributing to the word's present ecological crisis, Creation and the Environment explores the uniquely Anabaptist view of our relationship to what they see as the created order. In rural Amish and Mennonite communities, they explain, the environment--especially the "land"--is considered part of the Kingdom God plans to establish on earth. In this view, the creation is part of the divine order, with the redemption of humankind inextricably linked to the redemption and restoration of the material world. The well-being a purpose of creation and human history are thus seen as completely interdependent.

Contributors: Donovan Ackley III, Claremont Graduate School - Kenton Brubaker, Eastern Mennonite University - Thomas Finger, Claremont Graduate School - Karen Klassen Harder, Bethel College, Kansas - James Harder, Bethel College, Kansas - Lawrence Hart, Cheyenne Cultural Center, Clinton, Oklahoma - Theodore Hiebert, McCormick Theological Seminary - Karl Keener, Pennsylvania State University - Walter Klaassen, Conrad Grebel College - David Kline, Holmes County, Ohio - Calvin W. Redekop, Conrad Grebel College - Mel Schmidt - Dorothy Jean Weaver, Eastern Mennonite University - Michael Yoder, Northwestern College, Iowa.


Contributor Bio(s): Redekop, Calvin: - Calvin W. Redekop is a professor of sociology emeritus at Conrad Grebel College, University of Waterloo, Ontario. His many books include The Old Colony Mennonites, Mennonite Society, Anabaptist-Mennonite Faith and Economics, and Mennonite Entrepreneurs, the last available from Johns Hopkins.