A Priestly Approach to Environmental Theology: Learning to Receive and Give Again the Gifts of Creation |
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| Authors: | Norman Wirzba |
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| Affiliation: | Norman Wirzba is Research Professor of Theology, Ecology, and Rural Life at Duke Divinity School and Research Professor in Duke's Nicholas School of Environment and Earth Sciences. He is the author most recently of Food and Faith: A Theology of Eating (Cambridge University Press, 2011). |
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| Abstract: | Abstract : A priestly sensibility is here presented as a way to characterize humanity's place in creation. Sacrifice, asceticism, and gratitude are described as three distinct and practical modalities of a priestly life that contribute to the care and celebration of creation. While a priestly understanding is often associated with Orthodox environmental theology, it has the potential to inform environmental theology broadly construed. |
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| Keywords: | ecology creation Orthodox theology asceticism sacrifice gratitude |
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