환경파괴와 생태신앙에 대한 조직신학적 반성과 재해석 = Environmental Destruction and Eco-faith : A Systematic Theological Reflection and Reinterpretation

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study is to reflect and reinterpret the themes of systematic theology based on 'eco-faith,' which is receiving new attention due to environmental destruction and ecological crisis. This study was developed in two stages. The first stage is to critically examine the theological reflection on the causes of environmental destruction and the paradigm shift that is emerging as one of the solutions from the evangelical point of view. The second stage is to reflect on traditional views of creation through the themes of systematic theology from the perspective of ecological faith.
As a result of this study, the ecological meaning of the themes was found in three aspects. First, human beings created in the image of God have the ‘stewardship role’ that God has given them. God’s ecological command to ‘rule and conquer’ should be understood as the meaning that nature should be well managed and cared for. Second, human sin is understood as the disobedience to God's command in a vertical relationship, and as the destruction of other creatures without acknowledging the existence value of other creatures in a horizontal relationship. Therefore, not only human personal sins as against God, but also social and ecological sins should be viewed as sins themselves. Third, Christ’s redemptive act of the Cross applies not only to human beings, but also to all creatures. And to be a new creation in Christ means to live in a new world.
Therefore, the ecological faith of this age demands the following practical changes from Christians. First, Christians who have received the mission of stewardship must ‘repent’ the destruction of the created world through human sin, and ‘resolve’ that they will no longer commit the sin of destroying ecosystems. Second, as a Christian, we must practice the proper way of life, namely, the ‘life of discipleship’ to live in the new world.