Earth-keepers: environmental perspectives on hunger, by Art Meyer, Jocele Meyer

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Title.  Title : Earthkeepers. 48-1984. Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible: New International Version, copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by the International Bible Society; used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers. Other quotations used by permission are marked RSV, from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1946, 1952, 1971 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA; KJV, from the King James Version of The Holy Bible; NEB, from The New English Bible, copyright © by the Delegates of the Oxford University Press and the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press 1961, 1970; NRSV, from The New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA; TEV, from Today's English Version, or the Good News Bible, Old Testament copyright © by the American Bible Society in 1976, and New Testament copyright © by the American Bible Society in 1966, 1971, 1976.

Providing full and meaningful employment for all who are able to work This must be done without further destruction to the natural resource basean incredible challenge. " Page 38 Other related issues include world trade structure and monetary systems, automation and jobs, and the military-industrial complex and jobs. 6. The rapidly increasing gap between the rich and the poor The economic gulf between the haves and the have-nots, both among and within countries, is increasing. Access to improved communication through computers and other technology by the wealthy and powerful allows them to exert control over the poor.

In light of the gross environmental deterioration occurring worldwide today, it is evident that adequate earth stewardship is not being practiced. There is soil erosion, water and air pollution, deforestation, and desertification. Is this because New Testament Christianity lacks an environmental ethic? Surely not, for the theology for such an ethic is indeed present. It is critically important that Christians rediscover that theology if God's created world is to be preserved. Creation Theology One theologian who does an excellent job of interpreting a creation theology based on New Testament teaching is Paulos Mar Gregorios.

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