02598nam 2200565Ia 450 991078534940332120230725025431.01-282-86821-797866128682140-567-30370-5(CKB)2670000000055918(EBL)601509(OCoLC)676700061(SSID)ssj0000415088(PQKBManifestationID)11285043(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000415088(PQKBWorkID)10410603(PQKB)10068631(MiAaPQ)EBC601509(Au-PeEL)EBL601509(CaPaEBR)ebr10427597(CaONFJC)MIL286821(EXLCZ)99267000000005591820090710d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCreation[electronic resource] the biblical vision for the environment /Margaret Barker ; foreword by Patriarch BartholomewLondon T & T Clark20101 online resource (339 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-567-01547-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 VISION OF CREATION; Chapter 2 BEGINNING CREATION; Chapter 3 WEAVING CREATION; Chapter 4 RESTORING CREATION; Chapter 5 HIGH PRIEST OF CREATION; Chapter 6 EMBRACING CREATION; Bibliography; Index of Biblical and Ancient Texts; Index of Persons, Places and SubjectsMargaret Barker contributes a characteristically Christian voice to contemporary theological debates on the environment. Most of the issues we face today were not those that faced the early Christian community and so there are often no directly relevant biblical teachings. Barker's starting point is the question of what Jesus himself would have believed about the Creation? What could the early Church have believed about the Creation? She then shows how much of this belief is embedded, often unrecognised, in the New Testament and early Christian texts. It was what people assumed as the norm, thCreationEnvironmental protectionReligious aspectsChristianityCreation.Environmental protectionReligious aspectsChristianity.261.88Barker Margaret1944-1118074MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785349403321Creation3753470UNINA