Stewardship and the Future of the Planet: Promise and Paradox
Rachel Carnell, "Stewardship and the Future of the Planet: Promise and Paradox "
English | ISBN: 103211245X | 2022 | 256 pages | PDF | 3 MB
English | ISBN: 103211245X | 2022 | 256 pages | PDF | 3 MB
This volume examines historical views of stewardship that have sometimes allowed humans to ravage the earth as well as contemporary and futuristic visions of stewardship that will be necessary to achieve pragmatic progress to save life on earth as we know it.
The idea of stewardship – human responsibility to tend the Earth – has been central to human cultures throughout history, as evident in the Judeo-Christian Genesis story of the Garden of Eden and in a diverse range of parallel tales from other traditions around the world. Despite such foundational hortatory stories about preserving the earth on which we live, humanity in the Anthropocene is nevertheless currently destroying the planet with breathtaking speed.
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