Stewards of Eden (eBook)

What Scripture Says About the Environment and Why It Matters

Sandra L. Richter (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
InterVarsity Press (Verlag)
978-0-8308-4927-7 (ISBN)

Infos

ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award Biblical Foundations Book Award Winner Sandra L. Richter cares about the Bible. She also cares about creation. An expert in ancient Israelite society and economy as well as biblical theology, she walks readers through passages familiar and not-so-familiar, showing how significant environmental theology is to the Bible's witness. She then calls Christians to apply that message to today's environmental concerns. Richter is a master Bible scholar. Each chapter draws out a biblical mandate about humanity's responsibility to care for the land, domestic and wild creatures, and people on the margins. She is also a master storyteller. Well informed on present-day environmental challenges, Richter includes case studies that connect the biblical mandates to current issues. Though modern political alliances may tempt readers to sever Christian faith from environmental stewardship, in this concise and accessible book, Richter urges us to be driven by God's values instead.

Sandra L. Richter (PhD, Harvard University) is Robert H. Gundry Chair of Old Testament Studies at Westmont College. She is a graduate of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and Harvard University's Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations department, and she previously was a professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College. Her publications include The Deuteronomistic History and the Name Theology and articles in Eerdmans' Handbook to the Bible and Dictionary of the Old Testament: Historical Books.

Autor

Sandra L. Richter (PhD, Harvard University) is Robert H. Gundry Chair of Biblical Studies at Westmont College and a member of the Committee for Biblical Translation for the NIV. Her scholarly publications include an array of technical pieces on the history, society, and economy of the Hebrew Bible, but she is best known in the Church for her work The Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry into the Old Testament and her riveting DVD curriculums designed for those serious about their faith. She is a sought after speaker and teacher for ministry conferences, retreats, leadership events, and academic events.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.2.2020
• Verlagsort: Lisle
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
• Schlagworte: Animal ethics • biblical ecology • biblical environmentalism • biblical ethics • Christian creation care • Christian environmental group • Christian environmentalism • Christians and the environment • Creation • creation care • Ecological Ethics • Ecology • Eden • Environment • Environmental Ethics • Environmentalism • environmentalism in the bible • Epic of Eden • factory farming • Garden of Eden • Old Testament • the bible and environmentalism
• ISBN-10: 0-8308-4927-0 / 0830849270
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-4927-7 / 9780830849277