According to Berry (2007)*, there are five pillars of a Christian Theology of Sustainability:
1) God is creator and sustainer [and redeemer]
2) Covenantal stewardship – The earth is God’s not ours, so we must be its stewards. We have a covenant with God to do this.
3) The creation-fall-redemption paradigm -God made a good world; human failure broke the relationships between God, man and creation; Christ provides hope for all creation
4) Bodily resurrection - we will rise with physical bodies as Jesus did
5) New creation = renewal – end times will bring an earthing of heaven and renewal of the world, not the destruction and recreation of the earth.
Is a belief in these five pillars essential to Christian environmental action? Do you think theological education of Christians in these areas would create a desire to act for the environment?
*When Enough is Enough: A Christian Framework for Environmental Sustainability, Edited by R.J. Berry, Published by Inter-Varsity Press, 2007, Nottingham
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