Publisher： John Wiley & Sons Inc
E-ISSN： 1540-6385|54|2|197-204
ISSN： 0012-2033
Source： Dialog, Vol.54, Iss.2, 2015-06, pp. : 197-204
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Abstract
AbstractIn today's Anthropocene, the reality of our growing global population, with its requirement of and strain upon the natural world, and our grave projected ecological outlook pose new challenges for Christian ethicists. How can both people and the earth flourish? Discussed within the context of theological and secular reflections on natural law, this article proposes one answer to such a question through a recasting of the human right to nature by way of a deep and wide understanding of vocation. Using Luther as a prototype who demonstrates the innate value of all life forms and offers an innovative working concept of vocation, it is here shown how an emphasis on vocation, when extended ecologically, can promote the option of life for all.
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