The Economics of God’s Creation
Bulletin of the Association of Christian Economists, 1998
Posted: 21 May 2011
Date Written: 1998
Abstract
By God and for God all things were created, in heaven and on earth, seen and unseen. As proclaimed in the Nicene Creed, many Christians consider these truths central to the faith. Thus, creation is the cosmos of John 3:16 and should be of first-order interest to Christians. We are stewards of God’s creation. Meanwhile, it is now widely recognized that change in the natural environment can have an impact on the economy and that economic activity likewise commonly affects the biosphere. Over the last generation economists have thus begun paying considerably greater attention to questions of environmental valuation and management. The economics of God’s creation is therefore of increasingly general interest to Christian economists.
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