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Kenosis and nature

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dc.contributor.authorRolston, Holmes, 1932-, author
dc.contributor.authorWm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., publisher
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T04:55:25Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T04:55:25Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.
dc.description.abstract"Kenosis" is the theological idea of self-emptying, usually applied to divine self-emptying in the life of Jesus. Is there kenosis in nature? This might seem unlikely with selfish genes and survival of the fittest, self-defense and self-actualizing. But beyond self-identity, there is defense of species identity, inclusive and shared fitness, interdependence and symbiosis. In sexuality and reproduction, and regeneration, organisms care for others, give themselves over to the next and future generations. In cruciform nature, there is suffering that life may continue, with individuals sacrificed for ongoing life. A non-deliberated kenosis is part of the biological order, but deliberated kenosis only comes with human life.
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dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationRolston, Holmes, III, Kenosis and Nature, Polkinghorne, J. C., ed., The Work of Love: Creation as Kenosis, 43-65. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2001.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/46011
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofEnvironmental Ethics: Anthologies and Journal Articles
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dc.subjectsexuality
dc.subjectkenosis
dc.subjectself-emptying
dc.subjectregeneration
dc.subjectselfish genes
dc.subjectcruciform nature
dc.subjectself-defense
dc.subjectself-actualizing
dc.subjectself-sacrifice
dc.subjectshared fitness
dc.subjectreproduction
dc.subjectspecies identity
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