Living Eden: A Theology of Cosmic Salvation

God’s original plan was to hang out in a garden with a couple of naked vegetarians. (Please come clothed!) Ironically, today’s Christendom contributes much to the destruction of what was once paradise. Ever since Lynn White’s historical essay in Science Magazine in 1967 christianity has been blamed for our present ecological crisis. In this seminar we will explore a biblical view of creation that transcends both the anthropocentric attitude falsely attributed to christianity and the geocentric worship of nature itself. We will also talk about ways of foreshadowing Christ’s cosmic salvation by the way we live and thereby experiencing a taste of life in Eden.

Bio:

Hippydan and Annika Ryan graduated from Multnomah Bible College and Seminary in Portland, Oregon with degrees in bible, theology, history, Hebrew, and Greek. For the past 2 years they have been traveling across country in their bus powered by used vegetable oil, teaching seminars and playing their unique blend of celtic and medieval music. Currently the couple is editing their first book Minstrels Of A New Monasticism – A Spiritual Journey Through A Postmodern World as well as doing research for The Chrysalis Legend, a mythopoeic musical heptalogy of the seven epic ages of he earth.