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Douglas J. Moo - Creation care: a biblical theology of the natural world

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From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible reveals a God whose creative power and loving care embrace all that exists, from earth and sky and sea to every creeping, crawling, swimming, and flying creature. Yet the significance of the Bibles extensive teaching about the natural world is easily overlooked by Christians accustomed to focusing only on what the Bible says about Gods interaction with human beings. InCreation Care, part of the Biblical Theology for Life series, father and son team Douglas and Jonathan Moo invite readers to open their Bibles afresh to explore the place of the natural world within Gods purposes and to celebrate Gods love as displayed in creation and new creation. Following the contours of the biblical storyline, they uncover answers to questions such as: -What is the purpose of the non-human creation -Can a world with things like predators, parasites, and natural disasters still be the good world described in Genesis 1 -What difference does the narrative of the Fall make for humankinds responsibility to rule over other creatures -Does Israels experience on the land have anything to teach Christians about their relationship with the earth -What difference does Jesus make for our understanding of the natural world -How does our call to care for creation fit within the hope for a new heaven and a new earth -What is unique about Christian creation care compared with other approaches to environmental issues -How does creation care fit within the charge to proclaim the gospel and care for the poor In addition to providing a comprehensive biblical theology of creation care, they probe behind the headlines and politicized rhetoric about an environmental crisis and climate change to provide a careful and judicious analysis of the most up-to-date scientific data about the state of our world. They conclude by setting forth a bold framework and practical suggestions for an effective and faithful Christian response to the scriptural teaching about the created world. But rather than merely offering a response to environmental concerns, Creation Careinvites readers into a joyful vision of the world as Gods creation in which they can rediscover who they truly are as creatures called to love and serve the Creator and to delight in all he has made.;Queuing the questions. 1. What do Christians have to do with creation? -- 2. How do we think biblically and theologically about creation? -- -- Arriving at answers. 3. A beautiful world -- 4. Members, rulers, and keepers of creation -- 5. Humanity and the earth, Israel and the land -- 6. A creation subjected to frustration -- 7. Jesus and creation -- 8. What counts is the new creation -- 9. I am making everything new! -- Reflecting on relevance. 10. The gospel and creation care -- 11. Humans and creation : understanding our place -- 12. Wisdom and creation care -- 13. Creation in Crisis? -- 14. Caring for creation and worshiping the Creator.

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This book deserves to become the standard work of its kind. One of its many merits is that it grounds creation care in the whole biblical story from creation to new creation. Another is its well-informed and up-to-date account of the plight of creation today. A third is its thoughtful attention to practical and realistic ways of caring about and caring for creation in our contemporary Western contexts.

R ICHARD B AUCKHAM , emeritus professor of New Testament, University of St Andrews, Scotland

Oh how we need this book! And many more like it. Douglas and Jonathan Moo seamlessly combine their biblical and scientific expertise to achieve two very important objectives. On the one hand, they argue a thorough biblical case for including Gods creation within Gods redemptive missionthat is, within the full biblical meaning of the gospel itself. The Bible has good news for all creation! The great Bible narrative does not begin in Genesis 3 (sin) and end in Revelation 20 (judgment), but begins with creation and ends in new creation. They expose the sheer unbiblical fallacy of popular theologies of obliteration (of the cosmos) and evacuation (of the saints) and make abundantly clear the biblical hope of resurrection (of our bodies) and liberation (of creation), so that our future is not to be saved out of the earth (by going to heaven) but to be saved with the earth (by God coming here, as the ending of the Bible graphically portrays). On the other hand, they provide abundant scientific evidence to refute the political and corporate myths that so-called environmental issues (like the impacts of climate change) are a hoax or still in scientific dispute, while calling us to a range of practical measures that will help us move (as this series intends) from biblical theology to life and its fundamental ethical choices. One of the biggest challenges facing the Christian church (especially in the West) is whether or not those who fervently and evangelically claim to love God and love our neighbour will recognise that you cannot say you love God and trash his property, and you cannot say you love your neighbour and care nothing for neighbours on our planet who are suffering the impact of ecological damage at every level. This book is for those who are willing to be challenged on both counts from the Bible itself.

C HRISTOPHER J. H. W RIGHT , Langham Partnership

At the heart of Christian theology lies the relationship of God and humanity. Yet this relationshipthis hearttakes place in the body of our natural world, and it is this material world that is the focus of Doug and Jonathan Moos biblical theology of creation care. Creation, what Calvin calls the theater of Gods glory, is the stage for the drama of redemption. More than that: the way human creatures engage the natural world, and the way Gods Son enters his creation to redeem it, are themselves important parts of the biblical story. Just as Israel honored God by treating the promised land as a gift, so too Christians honor God by treating the earth itself as a good though fragile gift that will eventually realize the purpose for which God originally intended it: to be a place for divine-human fellowship. This is an important book by two biblical scholars that reminds us that the Bible is good news not only for the church but for the whole material creation to which the human creature is inextricably and forever bound.

K EVIN J. V ANHOOZER , research professor of systematic theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

Douglas and Jonathan Moo have written a theologically profound assessment of the critical issue of creation care. Their analysis is scripturally sound and rich, and their understanding of our present predicament is insightful. Rather than browbeating their readers, they present a hopeful vision that will stir the church to action. Every Christian needs to read this important book.

T REMPER L ONGMAN III, distinguished scholar and professor emeritus of biblical studies, Westmont College

Its vital that the evangelical tradition is taking seriously the vast biblical resources pointing toward creation care. No one should be surprised that God would like us to look after the beautiful world we were givenand after reading this book, no one will be.

B ILL M C K IBBEN , author of The Comforting Whirlwind: God, Job, and the Scale of Creation

Creation Care represents a thorough and thoughtful account of the biblical view of creation and how we should live in light of it. Douglas and Jonathan Moo call us away from the apathy that many, in the church and out, display toward the care of the earth and atmosphere around us. At the same time, they model charity on issues where faithful Christians might disagree on how best to apply these truths. This book will make you think and will help you think as one shaped and formed by Scripture.

R USSELL M OORE , president, the Ethics and Religious Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention

Crisply written and clearly organized, comprehensive and yet concise, Creation Care is an excellent book. It offers insightful readings of a great many biblical texts while also making judicious use of important early church leaders such as Basil of Caesarea and Athanasius as well as prophetic contemporary writers such as Wendell Berry and Aldo Leopold. A most welcome addition to the literature showing that care for creation is integral to Christian discipleship.

S TEVE B OUMA -P REDIGER , Leonard and Marjorie Maas Professor of Reformed Theology, Hope College

Creation care is an integral part of both our worship of God and of our proclamation of the gospel. This book is rich in clear biblical exegesis of the interrelationships between God the creator, his creation, and us his creatures. It is also rich in practical common sense of how this should play out in the lives and priorities of Christians. Read it, be challenged by it, and do it.

B OB W HITE , FRS , professor of geophysics at Cambridge University and director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion at Cambridge

In 2012 the Jamaica Call to Action, which one of the authors assisted in writing, called for new and robust theological work, including an integrated theology of creation care. Douglas and Jonathan Moos work in Creation Care is exactly what we need. Beautifully written, it nonetheless provides a deep understanding of the exegetical, theological, scientific, and even practical issues involved in a Christian examination of this important area. Creation Care should become the standard text for any course on environmental theology and required reading for any pastor who wants a solid biblical framework for understanding and teaching about creation care.

R EV . E D B ROWN , director of Care of Creation

This careful and comprehensive book will be not only a major resource for all those who want to explore the full contours of biblical thinking about the care of creation but should also be understood as a powerful call to action. With deceptive ease, Douglas and Jonathan Moo recapitulate the major areas of debate and discussion from the recent decades of slowly dawning evangelical engagement with our current global, environmental crisis. They argue that our human and Christian calling means that we are to care for Gods good earth, and with thoughtful but readable expertise they guide us through a complex landscape of ancient texts and contemporary challenges. As we follow their lead, it becomes increasingly clear that both of these distinguished scholars are writing not just out of their studies but out of a coherent and committed life. So it is a privilege to commend this book and a delight to know that it will now be available to the growing numbers of those who need firm foundations for their Christian worship, work, and witness in a groaning but good creation.

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