Authors: Helen Beazley, Derek Newton, Dennis Paul Guevarra, Terence John Gatfield, Noli P. Mendoza, Jack D. Alvarez, Lawrence Gatawa
Keywords: Christians, Environment, The Stewardship Model and Evangelical Response, Environmental Crisis, Stewardship Model, A Response to Helen Beazley, Home is Where the Earth Is, Revolutionary Stewardship in Light of Sallie McFague’s Ecological Theology, The Franciscans on Ecology, The Threat of Chaos, Jeremiah’s Vision of a Suffering Earth, Musings on Animal Issues and Doing Theology, The Religious Piety of the Pharisees and the Spiritual Formation Emphasis in Theological Education, Creation, Eschatology, Spiritual Formation, Phronesis, Practical Wisdom, Theory, Praxis, Kingdom Values, Family, Church, Community, Societal Institutions, Nation, Stewardship, Evangelical Environmentalism, Anthropocentric, Sacred, Co-creation, Simplicity, Poverty, Non-violence, Land, Suffering, Nature, Justice, Piety, Holiness, Honor, Dualism, Animal Rights, Monotheism
Description: This double issue focuses on Christians and the Environment. Beazley critiques the Stewardship Model as anthropocentric and inadequate for addressing the environmental crisis. Guevarra proposes Revolutionary Stewardship inspired by Sallie McFague’s Ecological Theology, advocating a holistic, life-affirming approach. Gatfield examines the Franciscans on Ecology, highlighting their commitment to simplicity and non-violence and their panentheistic view of creation. Mendoza uses Jeremiah’s prophetic vision of a suffering earth (The Threat of Chaos) to demonstrate the symbiotic link between human morality and ecological health. Alvarez reflects on Animal Issues and Doing Theology, using scientific facts to affirm the need for animal rights. Gatawa cautions against the externalism of Pharisaic piety in the modern emphasis on spiritual formation.
- The Stewardship Model and Evangelical Response to the Environmental Crisis – Helen Beazley
- The Stewardship Model: A Response to Helen Beazley – Derek Newton
- Home is Where the Earth Is: Revolutionary Stewardship in Light of Sallie McFague’s Ecological Theology – Dennis Paul Guevarra
- The Franciscans on Ecology – Terence John Gatfield
- The Threat of Chaos: Jeremiah’s Vision of a Suffering Earth – Noli P. Mendoza
- Musings on Animal Issues and Doing Theology – Jack D. Alvarez
- The Religious Piety of the Pharisees and the Spiritual Formation Emphasis in Theological Education – Lawrence Gatawa
Insights from PHRONESIS Volume 16, Nos. 1 & 2 (2009)
- “The stewardship ethic continues to promote an anthropocentric worldview.” -Helen Beazley
- “The Stewardship Model: A Response to Helen Beazley deals with a highly important and necessary area of universal concern.” -Derek Newton
- “A theology that matters must reconstruct its basic understanding of God by taking the contemporary analysis of our planet’s plight as its context and its well-being as its goal.” -Dennis Paul Guevarra
- “The escalation has been accelerated by advances in technologies, new discoveries, corporate greed, and consumerism.” -Terence John Gatfield
- “God is presented not only as the God of history but the God of nature as well. And since we live in this triad of God, humanity, and the natural world, sustaining the earth is integral to our human destiny.” -Noli P. Mendoza
- “I cannot comprehend the widespread teaching that only heaven is my home, and not this fallen and polluted world.” -Jack D. Alvarez
- “The religious piety of the Pharisees was criticized by Jesus in a harsh way because their external piety was not matched by their interior state.” -Lawrence Gatawa