Martin Luther's Ethics of Creation

In this well-timed, important book, Luther scholar
and ethicist Noel F.R. Guzman romanticizes the
creational values and critiques the human-centered
thoughts of Martin Luther, a pivotal figure of
Christianity and Western civilization. This book
mends the destructiveness of the human-centered
elements in Luther''s thought, largely shared with the
broader Christian tradition, bringing Luther into
contact with non-Western critiques, particularly the
aboriginal communities, as well as criticizing the
ethnocentric Christian mission. It further lays an
ethic based on Luther''s God-centered perspective
against the anthropocentric tendencies of Christian
tradition in order to redirect a more holistic
mission and a right relationship with nature. Modern
Christianity, which undeniably has contributed to the
ecological crisis, is admonished to reclaim Luther''s
ethics of creation and the virtues of frugality,
humility, love and cross bearing. In this modern age
of profit-oriented globalization and scientific
advances, this book caters usefulness to economists,
politicians, religious people, scientists,
ecologists, ethicists, professors, students, and all
who love the future of the planet.

Autorentext
NOEL F. R. GUZMAN is a Reformation and Ethics professor at Han Theological Seminary in Malaybalay City, Philippines. He is an ecologist, agricultural engineer, youth worker, and a non-sectarian evangelist. Dr. Guzman, a Luther scholar and product of Boston University, is a co-founder of Grupong Sagip, Inc., an international ecological movement.

Klappentext
In this well-timed, important book, Luther scholar and ethicist Noel F.R. Guzman romanticizes the creational values and critiques the human-centered thoughts of Martin Luther, a pivotal figure of Christianity and Western civilization. This book mends the destructiveness of the human-centered elements in Luther's thought, largely shared with the broader Christian tradition, bringing Luther into contact with non-Western critiques, particularly the aboriginal communities, as well as criticizing the ethnocentric Christian mission. It further lays an ethic based on Luther's God-centered perspective against the anthropocentric tendencies of Christian tradition in order to redirect a more holistic mission and a right relationship with nature. Modern Christianity, which undeniably has contributed to the ecological crisis, is admonished to reclaim Luther's ethics of creation and the virtues of frugality, humility, love and cross bearing. In this modern age of profit-oriented globalization and scientific advances, this book caters usefulness to economists, politicians, religious people, scientists, ecologists, ethicists, professors, students, and all who love the future of the planet.