Rooted and Grounded : Essays on Land and Christian Discipleship.

By:

Harker, Ryan D

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Studies in Peace and Scripture: Institute of Mennonite StudiesPublisher: Eugene : Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (282 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781498235556

Subject(s):

Land use--Bible teaching

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rooted and GroundedDDC classification:

261.88

LOC classification:

BT695.5

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Summary: For many of us, the connection between the ecological crisis and humanity's detachment from the land is becoming increasingly clear. In biblical terms, adam (humanity) has severed itself from the adamah (soil), and we (creation) are reaping the consequences. This collection of essays, and the conference from which it took shape, calls the church to root itself more deeply in the agrarian biblical text and ecclesial tradition in order to remember and freshly imagine ways of living on and with the land that are restorative, reconciling, and faithful to the triune God's invitation to new life in Christ. When we listen attentively to and patiently learn from the biblical text, church history, and theology, the land itself can become a conversation partner, and we are summoned to recognize that the gospel is reserved not simply for humanity, but for the whole of creation.

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For many of us, the connection between the ecological crisis and humanity's detachment from the land is becoming increasingly clear. In biblical terms, adam (humanity) has severed itself from the adamah (soil), and we (creation) are reaping the consequences. This collection of essays, and the conference from which it took shape, calls the church to root itself more deeply in the agrarian biblical text and ecclesial tradition in order to remember and freshly imagine ways of living on and with the land that are restorative, reconciling, and faithful to the triune God's invitation to new life in Christ. When we listen attentively to and patiently learn from the biblical text, church history, and theology, the land itself can become a conversation partner, and we are summoned to recognize that the gospel is reserved not simply for humanity, but for the whole of creation.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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