The Saving Grace of the Story?

Volume editor
Ernst M. Conradie
Volume editor
Hilda P. Koster

Synopsis

This fifth volume of the series on “An Earthed Faith” focuses on the theme of salvation. The volume addresses the following core question: What difference does the Christian message of salvation make amid current ecological destruction and apocalyptic fears associated with the “Anthropocene”? The “saving grace” in the title of this volume is ambiguous and ironic to indicate that the story is highly contested but is at best understood as good news for the whole Earth. The volume thus acknowledges and engages a critique of Christian soteriology from the perspective of ecotheology, yet also allows for a constructive retrieval of the message of salvation. The ten contributors were selected in order to optimize a diversity of positions in terms of geographical context, confessional traditions, and theological schools, while also taking considerations of gender, race, age, and language into account. The volume captures and extends the current state of the debate on soteriology and ecology, while also indicating emerging horizons in Christian ecotheology in this regard.

Chapters

  • Discourse on Salvation in Ecotheology: An Overview of the State of the Debate
    Ernst M. Conradie , Hilda P. Koster
  • What May We Expect from Our Savior Amid a Changing Climate? One South African Answer to an Unnerving Question
    Ernst M. Conradie
  • Subverting Hegemony: Nurturing Communion and Solidarity
    Fadi Diab
  • Creation, Cosmos, and the Earth: Eastern Christian Narratives of Redemption
    Christina M. Gschwandtner
  • The Human Challenge of Allowing Grace to Work: Insights from Scandinavian Creation Theology
    Jan-Olav Henriksen
  • Reflections on the Gospel and Redemption Through the Dynamic Interaction Between Indigenous Stories and Land
    Christine Jamieson
  • “All Things in Christ”: An African Pentecostal Theology of Deep Reconciliation
    Chammah J. Kaunda
  • Salvation as Liberation in the “Anthropocene”: A Dialogue with(in) Latin American Liberation Theology
    Guillermo Kerber
  • The Theological Implications of Matter and Material Salvation: Toward the Healing of the Earth
    Un-Hey Kim
  • Climate Colonialism and Integral Ecological Liberation: Sin and Salvation in the Canadian Context
    Hilda P. Koster
  • A Fenua reSTORYing of Salvation
    Nikotemo T.T. Sopepa
  • Continuing the Conversation in Christian Ecotheology on Salvation
    Ernst M. Conradie , Fadi Diab, Christina M. Gschwandtner, Jan-Olav Henriksen, Christine Jamieson, Chammah J. Kaunda, Guillermo Kerber, Un-Hey Kim, Hilda P. Koster, Nikotemo T.T. Sopepa

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Series
An Earthed Faith: Telling the Story amid the 'Anthropocene'
Print ISSN
2790-4288
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Copyright (c) 2025 Ernst M. Conradie & Hilda P. Koster (Volume editors)
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