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Highlights
- Mark Bredin opens contemporary ecological concerns to the teachings of Jesus.
- About the Author: Dr. Mark Bredin works with people with learning disabilities and is a writer and tutor for several theological colleges as well as an associate lecturer at Cambridge University.
- 209 Pages
- Religion + Beliefs, Biblical Studies
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About the Book
Mark Bredin opens contemporary ecological concerns to the teachings of Jesus. He shows how the New Testament gives us the moral bearings we need to respond to disturbing global trends such as the loss of biodiversity, deforestation, and the shortage of food and clean water.
Book Synopsis
Mark Bredin opens contemporary ecological concerns to the teachings of Jesus. He shows how the New Testament gives us the moral bearings we need to respond to disturbing global trends such as the loss of biodiversity, deforestation, and the shortage of food and clean water.
About the Author
Dr. Mark Bredin works with people with learning disabilities and is a writer and tutor for several theological colleges as well as an associate lecturer at Cambridge University. His previous books include Jesus, Revolutionary of Peace: A Non-Violent Christology in the Book of Revelation and one on theology and learning disabilities called True Beauty. He has published several recent articles on ecology and the book of Revelation. He has taught at St Andrew's University, Scotland and at St. Philips Theological College, Tanzania. He regularly leads summer schools on New Testament Greek. He is involved with garden share and cares for an allotment with his wife, Fran.
Richard Bauckham is professor emeritus of New Testament studies at St. Mary's College, University of St. Andrews and Senior Scholar at Ridley Hall in Cambridge. His current research interests include Jesus and the Gospels, New Testament Christology, and the relevance of the Bible to ecological issues. Among his books on the New Testament and early Christianity are God Crucified: Monotheism and Christology in the New Testament, God and the Crisis of Freedom: Biblical and Contemporary Perspectives ( and The Theology of the Book of Revelation (Cambridge).