In what ways are human beings creatures?
Brent talks with Brian Brock about his Baker Books book ‘Joining Creation’s Praise: A Theological Ethic of Creatureliness’.
Brian holds a personal Chair in Moral and Political Theology. He joined the University of Aberdeen following postdoctoral studies at the Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nurnberg and a doctorate in Christian Ethics at King’s College London. Brian is the author of a number of books.
(0:50) Humans as creatures;(1:40) Feeling at home;(2:45) Is creation all there is?(3:35) The church complicit in secularization?(4:50) Psalm 33 and creatureliness;(6:00) Genesis and Israel;(7:15) Creatureliness in Genesis;(8:45) Knowing creation in a creaturely manner;(10:50) Listening to God in certain ways;(13:40) Map-making accounts of the Christian faith;(16:00) Transformed creatures;(18:30) Freedom as creatures;(19:30) The Holy Spirit and creatures.Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com.au/Joining-Creations-Praise-Theological-Creatureliness/dp/1540963268
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