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Creation Care - "Hope for Creation" with Ellen Davis

Episode 27 of the The Weight podcast, hosted by Oxford University United Methodist Church, titled "Creation Care - "Hope for Creation" with Ellen Davis" was published on July 22, 2021 and runs 50 minutes.

July 22, 2021 ·50m · The Weight

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God’s creation is a direct reflection of God’s glory, and Christians are called to be faithful stewards of the earth. While global issues of climate and environment can seem out of reach, our local communities give us space to learn and take action in small and large ways. How can we partner with our creator to build a better, more sustainable living environment? What simple, practical changes can we make to responsibly care for our local communities and our world? Chris and Eddie are joined ...

God’s creation is a direct reflection of God’s glory, and Christians are called to be faithful stewards of the earth. While global issues of climate and environment can seem out of reach, our local communities give us space to learn and take action in small and large ways. How can we partner with our creator to build a better, more sustainable living environment? What simple, practical changes can we make to responsibly care for our local communities and our world?

Chris and Eddie are joined by Ellen F. Davis, professor at Duke Divinity School and author of Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible. An Old Testament scholar with deep wisdom about our ecological crisis, Davis views the land we’ve inherited as kin and a covenant partner. She speaks to our call to serve and preserve the land out of honor and love for what God has given us. Davis challenges us to hold onto a hope that is not just a passive, sunny optimism, but a collective vision of goodness and wholeness driven by human agency and creativity.

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Learn more about Ellen Davis here:
https://divinity.duke.edu/faculty/ellen-davis

Order Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible here

Check out all books by Ellen Davis here

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