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EDUQAS RE GCSEC Origins and meanings -STEWARDSHIP
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- 1What is meant by stewardshipThe duty to care for ALL creation for the next generations
- 2Why is Stewardship a Catholic Social Teaching prinicple? (why is a something Catholics should be concerned about?)> It is a duty for Christians because it is a theological truth revealed in the creation stories in Genesis.
>Fill the earth and govern it - rule over every living creature' means to have responsibility for them
>Take care of it and cultivate it ' is a command of stewardship
>Humans have this additional responsibility as they are imago dei - 3What letter (encyclical) did Pope Francis write about caring for the earth'Laudato si- care for our common home.'
- 4What does Pope Francis teach in Laudato Si - care for our common home'?>The earth belongs to everyone - not just the powerful
>we must stop hurting the earth and taking it for granted
> The poor suffer the most in all things
> Technology can also pollute - getting in the way of real relationship
>we need to work togther- we need a common plan for our common home
>We need an ecological conversion of heart.' - 5What do fundamental Christians believe about stewardship?>The Bible is the literal word of God
> Most Fundamental Christians see the command in Genesis as caring for the earth
>Stewardship is a divine command'
>some take 'have dominion over' to mean 'have power' and argue that we can do what we like to benefit ourselves - 6What are humanist views on Stewardship?>very similar to Christian ideas
>The conclusions and actions are the same
>the motivation is different
> The motivation is that it is best for the rest of humanity - now and in the future
> Not because of a divine command but because we should do it - 7What are some different interpretations on the 'have dominion over the earth'> Catholic and Liberal Christians interpret 'dominion' to mean 'responsibility - we have rights but along with that is responsibility (link CST)
> SOME fundamental Christians read it to mean ultimate power and therefore we can act as we want if it benefits humans as the high point of creation
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