Into the Wild: Early Modern Protestant Missionaries and Their Views on Animals
Christianity and the environment have a tense relationship. Although in recent years an eco-theology of stewardship has taken flight, according to theologians as well as philosophers the historical track record of Christians with regard to nature in general and animals in particular leaves much to b...
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Year: 2022, Volume: 51, Issue: 3, Pages: 287-320 |
RelBib Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics RJ Mission; missiology |
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B Ceylon B Ecotheology B Protestant mission B Animal Rights B Greenland B early modern mission |
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