The Missing Face of Ecology in Pauline Theology: Conservation of Mass-Energy in Reconfiguring Immortality as Everlastingness
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The early Judaic affirmation of generation(s) and earthly incorporation, a value of ecological
potential, is undermined by the resurrection theology of Paul. The author argues that, when the first law of thermodynamics is taken into consideration, a reconstruction of a more ecologically responsible conception of immortality emerges.