TY - BOOK AU - Bauman,Whitney TI - Theology, creation, and environmental ethics: from creatio ex nihilo to terra nullius T2 - Routledge studies in religion SN - 9780415998130 AV - BT695 .B369 2009 U1 - 231.7/65 22 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Creation KW - History of doctrines KW - Power (Christian theology) KW - Human ecology KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Philosophical theology N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index; Introduction : points of departure -- A genealogy of the Christian colonial mindset : ex nihilo from disputed beginnings to orthodox origins -- Ex nihilo and the origin of an empire -- Ex nihilo, erasure and discovery? -- The cogito, ex nihilo, and the legacy of John Locke -- The creation ex nihilo of terra nullius lands : omnipotent nations and the logic of global-colonization -- From epistemologies of domination to grounded thinking -- Opening words about God onto creatio continua -- Creatio continua "all the way down": a post-colonial, planetary understanding of continuing creation -- Conclusion : a brief thought after; Also available as an electronic resource; Taylor & Francis (http://www.taylorandfrancis.com) UR - http://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9780415998130 ER -