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- Title
Christ-centred ethical behaviour and ecological crisis: What resources do the concepts of order in creation and eschatological hope offer?
- Authors
de Wit, Martinus P.
- Abstract
The ecological crisis, as well as a limited ethical response, forces a reflection on the transformative potential of Christian ethics on an idolatrous society largely shaped by a dominant economic culture. The aim of the article was to explore how the concepts of creation order and eschatological hope may be helpful in the understanding and formulation of a Christ-centred ethical response to the ecological crisis. A review of the relevant literature was presented, limited to insights from Reformational philosophy and eco-theology into the concepts of creation order and eschatology. The main internal tensions of using the concepts of creation order and eschatological hope as resources in Christ-centred eco-ethics were highlighted and discussed. Some implications for the further explanation and development of Christ-centred eco-ethics are outlined.
- Subjects
CHRISTIAN ethics; ESCHATOLOGY; REFORMATION; ECOTHEOLOGY; CHRISTIANITY
- Publication
Koers: Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, 2013, Vol 78, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0023-270X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4102/koers.v78i1.46