The History of Stewardship. Lesson aims  To show how texts like Genesis 1-2 have generated different readings in changing contexts  To encourage reflection.

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The History of Stewardship

Lesson aims  To show how texts like Genesis 1-2 have generated different readings in changing contexts  To encourage reflection on the ways in which our environmental crisis has prompted new perspectives on biblical texts  To raise questions about the meaning and interpretation of texts: is there one true meaning (the author's intention?) or are new meanings made in new contexts?

Care Control Responsibility Power Nurture Subdue Equality Kingship KinshipStewardship

Interpreting texts  Historical context - Why did the writer say that?  Present-day context - How do we understand the text today?

Genesis 1-2 in historical context  Ancient, pre-industrial context  Threats of nature  Genesis: ‘subduing’ nature for survival

Modern science: controlling nature for human benefit  Renaissance/Enlightenment (16 th century)  Optimistic time  Genesis: using human power

An age of ecological crisis  End to optimism  Environmental damage  Genesis: care and responsibility

Individual work  Using the information from your handout, complete the interpretation table to show how the Genesis text have been understood in different contexts You have 20 mins

For discussion  Do you think texts have one meaning or can their meaning change?  How far are interpretations of biblical texts influenced by the concerns of the age in which the interpreter lives?  Is the emphasis on stewardship the product of what the Bible says, or of our environmental crisis, or both?