Steward, Gardener, or Shepherd? Metaphors describing the human-nature relationship

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://obd.upol.cz/id_publ/333201491" target="_blank" >https://obd.upol.cz/id_publ/333201491</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.24989/BCE.nachhaltig.3" target="_blank" >10.24989/BCE.nachhaltig.3</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Steward, Gardener, or Shepherd? Metaphors describing the human-nature relationship
Original language description
The present chapter focuses on three biblical metaphors for the relationship between humans and nature, namely, steward, gardener, and shepherd. These metaphors have the potential to serve as a distinct and well-founded source of inspiration for a sustainable way of life. Although none of these metaphors are explicitly used in the Bible to describe the human-nature relationship, they all share some connection to it, as opposed to the dominion metaphor found in Genesis 1:28. The chapter examines these metaphors through the lenses of three functions of metaphors: cognitive, didactic, and performative. It concludes that contemporary interpretations of these metaphors often deviate from their original biblical context. Finally, the chapter suggests some implications for the cognitive, didactic, and performative applications of the aforementioned metaphors.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name
Interdisziplinäre Nachhaltigkeit / Interdisciplinary Sustainability Anregungen zum Weiterdenken / Stimuli for Further Reflection
ISBN
978-3-7089-2427-4
Number of pages of the result
20
Pages from-to
43-62
Number of pages of the book
184
Publisher name
Facultas Universitätsverlag Wien
Place of publication
Wien
UT code for WoS chapter
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