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theocentrism

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theocentrism, theocentricity
the belief that God is the center of all truth in the universe. — theocentric, adj.
See also: God and Gods


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NONHUMAN LIFE AND PERSONHOOD One way to describe what it means to be a religious believer is to say that such a person defends theocentrism, a God-centered view of the universe, rather than anthropocentrism, a human-centered view of the universe.
Nevertheless--and here is the delicious irony that grounds Rashkover's thesis--this theocentrism does not license believers' testimony of God's abiding presence in their lives.
It is time to return to a concept which inserts humanity within the biosphere, going from the anthropocentrism of modern culture to the biblical, cosmological theocentrism.
 
 
 
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