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29 novembre 2016
- handle: 10670/1.ox2cqm
- isbn: 9781783740529
- eisbn: 9782821876231
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David Clough, « Foreword », Open Book Publishers, ID : 10670/1.ox2cqm
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UN projections indicate that the global human population is likely to increase by nearly 50% in the first half of the 21st century, from 6 billion to 9 billion (United Nations 2004). This staggering and unprecedented growth deserves much greater attention from Christian ethicists and the church at large. A concern for the welfare both of human beings and other creatures provides good reasons to think that Christians should give strong support to measures that would result in a slowing of this...