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ustafson's expansive application of "theocentric" encompasses all of life Heclaimed one must work to develop a theocentric interpretation of the whole of life 23 Ban-captured a quote of Gustafson that powerfully addresses the importance of a theocentricperspective, "What is deficient in the pieties and moral disciplines of contemporary churchlife is what Calvin and the Refonned Tradition have accented with particular strength,namely a theocentric focus for all of life: that vital sense of human limits and realism abouthuman corruption in the face of the holiness of God " 24 Gustafson contended that our culture, including much of contemporary religion,makes the human the center of value and the goal of creation With vigor Gustafson endedhis second volume of Ethics from a Theocentric Perspective , by declaring, "God will notbe manipulated God will not be ignored or denied God will be God "2- Theocentrism as a concept has also traversed from ethics to ecology Confirmingthe wide ownership and preferred perspective of theocentrism, Rossi called for itsinfluence on the environment Recognizing the reality of the ecological crisis, Rossi said itis time to get religion. He warned to "beware of anthropocentric or biocentric solutionsChristian ecology has to be rooted in what we call 'theocentrism'" 26 The use of theocentric occurs, not just in other disciplines, but also in other lands
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