THEOLOGY AND ECOLOGICAL ISSUES

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THEOLOGY AND ECOLOGICAL ISSUES

Edited by

LUKE E. IJEZIE

STEPHEN AUDU & AGNES I. ACHA

Proceedings of the 31^st Conference of the Catholic Theological Association of Nigeria (CATHAN) held at Bishop Anthony Nwedo Pastoral Centre (BANPAC), Umuahia, 2016

Published in 2017 by Catholic Theological Association of Nigeria (CATHAN)

CATHAN PUBLICATION

PORT HARCOURT, NIGERIA, 2017

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART I: OPENING ADDRESSES AND COMMISSIONED PAPER

1. PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

Austin Echema

2. KEYNOTE ADDRESS

CELEBRATING THE GIFT OF CREATION – A CHI-CHRISTIC PERSUASION

Anthony J.V. Obinna

3. ECOLOGY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND CONTEMPORARY NIGERIAN SOCIETY

Franca Elechi Asawalam

PART II: BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE ON ECOLOGY.

4. THE CENTRALITY OF WATER IN GENESIS 1-9 AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE CONTEMPORARY ECOLOGICAL DISCOURSE

Luke Emehiele Ijezie

5. WISDOM 11:24-25 AND CHRISTIAN DIALECTICS ON ECOLOGY

Mary Jerome Obiorah, IHM