Description
- the value and status assigned to non-human creation,
- the relationship of creation to redemption,
- the place of human beings within creation,
- the understanding of and significance assigned to the land in OT law and prophecy, and
- the future of the created world envisaged in the NT.
In a series focused on the significance of biblical theology "for life," it is important to assess the practical implications of this biblical theology. This book offers reflections on the biblical mandate that God's people embody and live out God's own perspective on the created world, as well as consideration of how the command to love others might affect the way we treat the earth upon which we and all other life depends. Moreover, effective Christian response to the biblical-theological teaching about the created world also requires that we attend carefully to the nature and needs of that created world. This means both trying to recapture the joy expressed by the Psalmists in God's good creation and also giving serious attention to the threats facing creation; a summary of the current scientific consensus about the current state of the environment is therefore a necessary part of the volume.