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    Cambridge : Open Book Publishers
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    kobvindex_INTEBC5253046
    Format: 1 online resource (262 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9781783740543
    Content: The human population's annual total consumption is not sustainable by one planet. Many observers assume that Christianity is inevitably part of this problem because it promotes "family values" and statistically, in America and elsewhere, has a higher birthrate than nonreligious people. Challenging the assumption that religion normally promotes fecundity, the book finds surprising exceptions among early Christians (with a special focus on Saint Augustine) since they advocated spiritual fecundity in preference to biological fecundity. Finally the book uses a hermeneutic lens derived from Genesis 1, and prioritising the modern problem of biodiversity, to provide ecological interpretations of the Bible's "fruitful" verses
    Note: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- 1. Natalism: A Popular Use of the Bible -- 2. Protestant Natalism in the U.S. -- 3. Martin Luther: Forerunner of Natalism? -- 4. The Old Testament Context -- 5. Augustine on Fruitfulness -- 6. An Ecological Critique of Natalism -- 7. Conclusion -- Appendix -- Abbreviations -- Works Cited -- Index
    Additional Edition: Print version McKeown, John God's Babies Cambridge : Open Book Publishers,c2014 ISBN 9781783740536
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books.
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