issues of life and death

Question 1

what is stewardship

Answer 1

caring for the planet and managing its resources.

God has given humans the special duty to care for the world in his place, as his precious possession.

Question 2

what is dominion

Answer 2

to rule over nature

Question 3

christian views on stewardship

Answer 3

God formed Adam from the dust and breathed his divine life into him. implies humans were created with special status above nature.

-evangelical christians r literal + believe God created humans to ‘rule over’ nature. gives us the right to utilise the world’s natural resources. we have ‘dominion’ over nature.

Question 4

muslim views on stewardship

Answer 4

• animals must be respected, but arent sacred.
• We are gods khalifahs, appointed to care for the world
• world must be safeguarded for future generations.
• there is pattern and balance in the universe, known as fitrah. role of humans is to work to maintain this fitrah (balance) by being aware of the need to use the earth’s resources fairly.

Question 5

what is dualism

Answer 5

the belief that we are made of two separate parts: a physical body and a spiritual soul.

Question 6

what is materialism

Answer 6

the view that nothing else exists apart from matter.

All we have, as human beings, is a physical body; there is no soul or spirit.

Question 7

what is ensoulment

Answer 7

the moment when the human soul is said to enter the baby’s body (usually thought to happen in the womb, at an early
point in the pregnancy).

Question 8

christian attitudes to soul and the afterlife

Answer 8

• dualist christians say that soul is eternal and will live on even after death.
• non-dualists. say that the body and soul cannot be separated. body and soul will be reunited on Judgement Day. At the resurrection we will rise bodily from the dead, just as Jesus rose from the dead

Question 9

muslim views on death and the afterlife

Answer 9

• Hadith says ensoulment happens in the womb 120 days after conception.
• bab’ys soul is imprinted with a belief in God (Fitrah). we are born in a state of purity, with an inbuilt, natural instinct to submit to God

Question 10

what r green christians

Answer 10

environmental activists who promote awareness and action at church, community and national levels.

Question 11

what is ruh

Answer 11

soul