The Environment and Christian Ethics

The Doctrine of the Trinity and Christian Environmental Action

“…"Just as the fall of the 'first man Adam' had implications for the whole cosmos, so too does the salvation effected by the 'last man' Christ," writes Michael Northcott. 32 The continuing "groaning" of Creation only makes sense, he claims, in light of the suffering and sacrifice of Christ (Romans 8:18-19). 33 Moreover, as Oliver O'Donovan observes, the reality of Christ's resurrection proves that God does not view the created order as "a lost cause."…”

Toward a Missiology That Begins with Creation

“…God is not identified ontologically with the creation (pantheism), but is beheld and experienced in creation. According to Irenaeus, God includes the fullness ( pleroma ) of all things. Nothing exists that is unrelated to God.…”

Integral Ecology and Interdiciplinary Collaboration: Michael Northcott and Bernard Lonergan in Dialogue

“…The modern development of the global mobility of capital and of labour in industrialised societies also contributes to the disembedding of social systems of production and exchange from cultural, moral or ecological limits or moorings. 5 Chapter 3, 'The Turn to Nature,' is perhaps the most significant chapter of the book. Here, Northcott presents an overview of current debates in ecological ethics.…”