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An Ecological Christian Anthropology: At Home On Earth?


BT695

2004-012192

0-7546-5064-2

An ecological Christian anthropology This article is about Christian anthropology. For other uses, see Anthropology (disambiguation).
In the context of Christian theology, theological anthropology refers to the study of the human ("anthropology") as it relates to God.
; at home on earth?.

Conradie, Ernst M.

Ashgate Publishing Co., [c]2005

264 p.

$99.95

Conradie (religion and theology, U. of the Western Cape The Western Cape is a province in the south west of South Africa. The capital is Cape Town. Prior to 1994, the region that now forms the Western Cape was part of the huge (and now defunct) Cape Province. , South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. ) addresses the place and vocation of human beings in the earth community in terms of the wisdom found within Christianity, specifically by asking whether humans are at home on earth. By way of constructing an ecological Christian anthropology, he examines how human may view themselves within creation on earth and in their place in the household of God, how they behave responsibly within that household as stewards or irresponsibly ir·re·spon·si·ble  
adj.
1. Marked by a lack of responsibility: irresponsible accusations.

2. Lacking a sense of responsibility; unreliable or untrustworthy.

3.
 as environmental sinners, and how they exercise free will in responding to divine instruction.
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