Creation: God and endangered species
Date
1994
Authors
Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, author
Cambridge University Press, publisher
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Abstract
Species have evolved from an evolutionary point of view, but by contemporary religious conviction, life is sacred and species exist with a divinely authorized claim to life, which ought to be respected by humans, the overseers of creation. Human-caused extinctions shut down the creative processes. Human dominion over the Earth is constrained by the inherent goodness in and value of creation. Extinction of species is ungodly. Such religious convictions can be an effective force in conservation biology.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-60).
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perpetual perishing
biodiversity
conservation
Endangered Species Act
God Committee
religious value
environmental ethics
biology
theology
Earth