An Ecolinguistic Reading of the Creation Story in the Bible: Beyond and Within
Taking the cue from the recent developments in ecotheology and its concern with a sustainable world where humans, animals and plants may live in harmony with each other, this paper sets out to investigate the representation of nature in the Bible’s origin story. The creation in Genesis is analyzed a...
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Year: 2024, Volume: 15, Issue: 3 |
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