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Earthkeeping in Missiological Perspective: an African Challenge

Earthkeeping in Missiological Perspective: an African Challenge 130 M. L. Daneel EARTHKEEPING IN MISSIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE: AN AFRICAN CHALLENGE A growing awareness of the global environmental crisis is manifest in world Christianity. Through the publications of numerous western theo- logians our attention is increasingly drawn to eco-theology, environmental ethics, creation theology eco-feminism and related subjects. In addition, significant developments such as the presentation of the WCC's JPIC Qus- tice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation) programs, the Reformed initiative in the Au Sable Institute, the participation of churches in the Rio Earth Summit and Orbis' introduction of a new series of publications, Ecology and Justice (Burrows 1995:173) all point at a growing will within the Chris- tian church to address environmental issues consistently and realistically Yet, despite these positive signs one cannot deny the fact that on the whole the Christian church as institution has been slow to respond to the envi- ronmental crisis in terms of prophetic witness and telling action. McDonagh (1994:103f) convincingly highlights the failure of church leaders in the 19th and 20th centuries to comprehend the full implications of the destruction of nature and the urgent need for all human institutions to contribute towards its remedy The Second Vatican Council of the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mission Studies Brill

Earthkeeping in Missiological Perspective: an African Challenge

Daneel, M.L.
Mission Studies , Volume 13 (1): 130 – Jan 1, 1996
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130 M. L. Daneel EARTHKEEPING IN MISSIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE: AN AFRICAN CHALLENGE A growing awareness of the global environmental crisis is manifest in world Christianity. Through the publications of numerous western theo- logians our attention is increasingly drawn to eco-theology, environmental ethics, creation theology eco-feminism and related subjects. In addition, significant developments such as the presentation of the WCC's JPIC Qus- tice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation) programs, the Reformed initiative in the Au Sable Institute, the participation of churches in the Rio Earth Summit and Orbis' introduction of a new series of publications, Ecology and Justice (Burrows 1995:173) all point at a growing will within the Chris- tian church to address environmental issues consistently and realistically Yet, despite these positive signs one cannot deny the fact that on the whole the Christian church as institution has been slow to respond to the envi- ronmental crisis in terms of prophetic witness and telling action. McDonagh (1994:103f) convincingly highlights the failure of church leaders in the 19th and 20th centuries to comprehend the full implications of the destruction of nature and the urgent need for all human institutions to contribute towards its remedy The Second Vatican Council of the

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