Campus Location
Abilene Campus (Residential)
Date of Award
5-2022
Document Type
Thesis
Department
Graduate School of Theology
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Committee Chair or Primary Advisor
Frederick Aquino
Second Committee Member or Secondary Advisor
Marna Hauk
Third Committee Member or Committee Reader
Philip Sheldrake
Abstract
In this thesis, I argue that creation care contributes to human wellness and to sustainable living on earth. Within contemporary contexts, humans are suffering spiritually, mentally, and emotionally. This distress impairs wellness and reduces peoples’ capacity to contribute to sustainable solutions and earth-positive impacts. Creation care entails conscious and intentional activities that are carried out for the health of the created world. Creation care contributes to human wellness, spiritually, mentally, and emotionally by offering spaces, environments, co-habitations, and interdependency among its components that support human wellness and sustainable living. Creation care helps fight spiritual, mental, and emotional distress so that people can be well. This thesis should stimulate all people, Christians, and non-Christians, to approach creation and its care not just as a spiritual, religious, theological, or ethical practice, but as a potent tool for human wellness and for the earth’s sustainability.
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Recommended Citation
Aizenofe, Omoike Eric, "Creation Care, Human Wellness, and Sustainability" (2022). Digital Commons @ ACU, Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 491.
https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/etd/491