Nwachukwu, Anthony U. (2017) COSMIC RECAPITULATION AND PROPHETIC WITNESSING FOR THE CHURCH IN THE 21st CENTURY. In: THEOLOGY, CATECHESIS AND NEW MEDIA IN AFRICA TODAY. Catholic Institution of West Africa, pp. 557-597. ISBN 978-33412-9-6
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ABSTRACT Among the many strains that Challenge the 21st century is environmental crisis. Experts in relevant sciences say that it is unprecedentedly dragging life on earth to a tragic halt. Stemming from a theological perspective, the paper interprets environmental crisis as a major indicator of the signs of the time and a consequence of a poor perception of material creation. It discovered that human abuse of the environment stems from a lopsided relationship in which the rest of material creation is made subservient to mankind. It argues that a more positive conception of the environment and its resources would engender better treatment of the environment. The method used is theological hermeneutics while Irenaeian doctrine of recapitulation which opens a vista to a cosmic relevance of the redemptive mission of Jesus Christ is used US U theological compass. It concludes that healing of threatened earth can he guaranteed by estranging the proper value of every created thing from the human utility matrix. The paper therefore proposes a return to the Judeo-Christian doctrine of creation.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BR Christianity |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Management and Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | mrs chioma hannah |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Oct 2019 08:31 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Oct 2019 08:31 |
| URI: | http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/2340 |
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