Spiritual Practices for Creation in Crisis

The Criteria

Authors

  • Larry L. Rasmussen Union Theological Seminary, New York

Abstract

Creation in crisis and a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, the Age of the Human, mandate a review of Christian spiritual practices. Do they offer guidance for the dramatic context in which we live? This essay names criteria for their relevance. Christian practices should be ecological, ethical, sacramental, and ecumenical, in addition to biblical and theological. The rite of baptism illustrates a Christian practice reconsidered for life amid planetary creation in crisis. 

Author Biography

Larry L. Rasmussen, Union Theological Seminary, New York

Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics, Emeritus

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Published

2020-06-10

Issue

Vol. 47 No. 3 (2020): The Costly Grace of Racial Reckoning and Eco-Justice

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