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January 2010 This is an excerpt from the Fortress PRess Proclamation Commentary on Season of Creation, A: Land Sunday, to be published in 2011. Not for reproduction or citiation. 3pp.
Most contemporary North Americans have been socialized to see and value the earthy terrain around them in terms of private possession, economic exploitation, and commodification. But in stark contrast to the cosmology of modernity, the Bible does not understood land as “real estate”—ever. Instead, we can identify at least four major characteristics of land in the biblical tradition: as mother of life; as abundant sustainer of living beings; as altar for worship of the Creator; and as home place.
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