The Catholicity Of Salvation And Its Ecological Implications

GAUT, Wilibaldus The Catholicity Of Salvation And Its Ecological Implications. International Congress of the European Society for Catholic Theology.

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Abstract

This present contribution examines how Christian soteriology could provide the the ological underpinnings for Christian concern and discourse on the ecological well being of creation. The conviction that God’s gift of salvation is offered to all crea tion, and not limited to human beings alone, suggests that salvation cannot be under stood solely as the liberation from sin. Rather, it also points to the renewal and trans formation of the entire creation in God. This understanding of salvation can be called catholic not only because it shares the all-embracing paradigm, but also be cause it resonates the basic understanding of catholicity as a theological term, that is the fullness of divine life that God shares with the created reality, the result of which is that the created reality could participate in the divine life. While serving as a critic of an anthropocentric-juridical understanding of salvation, this catholic view of sal vation has some deep ecological implications that should shape our view of non human nature and the way we treat it.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	200 – Agama > 230 Teologi Kristen > 230 Agama Kristen, Teologi Kristen
Depositing User:	Mr Floribertus Herichis Wanto Tapo
Date Deposited:	25 Jul 2026 01:14
Last Modified:	25 Jul 2026 01:14
URI:	http://repository.iftkledalero.ac.id/id/eprint/4309

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