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For a Creaturely Ethos

Colin Gunton's Doctrine of Creation and the Ecological Crisis

This study on Colin Gunton and the doctrine of creation was written as my dissertation for BTheol(Hons) in 2005.

 

 

 

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction
Endnotes:
Chapter 2: Ecological Consciousness and the Doctrine of Creation
Introduction
The Greening of Christianity
The Rise of the Doctrine of the Creation
On Doctrine and Ethics
'Environmental Ethics'
Conclusion
Endnotes:
Chapter 3: Gunton's Doctrine of Creation in Outline
Introduction
A Doctrine of Creation
Creedal Formulation
Biblical Basis of the Doctrine of Creation
The Doctrine Outlined
1. Creation out of Nothing
2. Creation is a Purposive Project
3. Creation is Free to be Itself
4. God's Ongoing Work
5. Redemption
6. The Place of Humankind
7. Ethical Dimension
Conclusion
Endnotes:
Chapter 4: The Doctrine of Creation and Ethics
Introduction
The Problem of Modernity
Right Relationships
The Bible
Worship
Creation Care
Conclusion
Endnotes:
Chapter 5: Conclusion
Endnotes:
Reference List

Chapter 4: The Doctrine of Creation

Introduction
The Problem of Modernity
Right Relationships
The Bible
Worship
Creation Care
Conclusion
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