Wilderness in the Bible
Author | : Robert Barry Leal |
Publisher | : Peter Lang |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 2004 |
ISBN-10 | : 0820471380 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780820471389 |
Rating | : 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Wilderness in many parts of the globe is under considerable threat from human development. This has important ramifications not only for fauna and flora but also for human well-being. Wilderness in the Bible addresses this ecological crisis from a biblical and theological perspective. It first establishes the context of a biblical study of wilderness and then passes to an analysis of the attitudes towards in the canonical biblical record. This provides the biblical basis for the development of a theology of wilderness for the twenty-first century. The Australian wilderness is taken as an illuminating case study.