Abstract
Feminist theologian Catherine Keller claims that embedded in Christian theology is a vast fear of the deep - or tehom - that leads to eschatologies of final endings rather than edges of open possibilities. This article draws on Keller's “green” hermeneutic, yet deepens and extends her eco-eschatological analysis by questioning the way humans live in relation to the sea. The oceans cover 71% of the world's surface and make up 97% of the world's water. Yet we treat the sea as a vast mare nullius. How can we live toward “a new heaven and new earth” (Rev 21:1) without hope for the sea as well? The Spirit of the vulnerable God “gives life” in even the deepest, darkest and most remote of places. Through an “archipelagic imagination”, we can “sea” and “fathom” our faith towards hopeful possibilities for the whole of God's creation.
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