Martin Thoms – författare

Resilience and Riverine Landscapes presents contributed chapters from global experts in Riverine Landscapes, making it the most comprehensive reference available on the topic. The book explores why rivers are ideal landscapes to study resilience and why studying rivers from a resilience perspective is important for our biophysical understanding of these landscapes and for society. The book focuses on the biophysical character of resilience in riverine landscapes, providing an interdisciplinary perspective of the structure, function, and interactions of riverine landscapes and the ecosystems they contain. The editors conclude by proposing a research agenda for the future, emphasizing the need for transdisciplinary research across a range of spatial and temporal scales and research domains. Presents the resilience of rivers with both a theoretical and applied focus Includes case studies from a wide geographical base, allowing for a full range of viewpoints Showcases how resilience is being incorporated into the study and management of riverine landscapes Includes a transdisciplinary focus on riverine landscapes, from theory to applied, and from biophysical to social-ecological systems

Resilience and Riverine Landscapes presents contributed chapters from global experts in Riverine Landscapes, making it the most comprehensive reference available on the topic. The book explores why rivers are ideal landscapes to study resilience and why studying rivers from a resilience perspective is important for our biophysical understanding of these landscapes and for society. The book focuses on the biophysical character of resilience in riverine landscapes, providing an interdisciplinary perspective of the structure, function, and interactions of riverine landscapes and the ecosystems they contain. The editors conclude by proposing a research agenda for the future, emphasizing the need for transdisciplinary research across a range of spatial and temporal scales and research domains.- Presents the resilience of rivers with both a theoretical and applied focus- Includes case studies from a wide geographical base, allowing for a full range of viewpoints- Showcases how resilience is being incorporated into the study and management of riverine landscapes- Includes a transdisciplinary focus on riverine landscapes, from theory to applied, and from biophysical to social-ecological systems

Was du hoffst, bestimmt, wie du lebst. Die erhoffte Zukunft ragt ins gegenwärtige Leben hinein und prägt es entscheidend. Die Fantasie der »Hölle« lastet auf vielen Menschen wie ein Damoklesschwert. Sie wollen an ein gutes Ende glauben, fühlen sich aber durch ihr frommes Gewissen verpflichtet, eine ewige Scheidung zu postulieren. Das vorliegende Werk verändert die Einwände gegen die Allversöhnung in Argumente für sie. Sämtliche religiöse Neurosen verursachenden Höllenfantasien können nach der Lektüre getrost verabschiedet werden. An die Stelle einer Höllenlehre tritt kein kulturprotestantischer Relativismus, sondern ein christozentrischer, biblisch begründeter und hoffnungsgesättigter Optimismus, der den Auferstandenen und seine Möglichkeiten vor Augen hat.[»It''s done!« Or is it not? Attempts to answer objections to the fantasy of universal reconciliation]What you hope for determines how you live. The hoped-for future intrudes into your present life and shapes it decisively. The fantasy of »hell« weighs on many people like a sword of Damocles. They want to believe in a good end, but feel obliged by their pious conscience to postulate an eternal divorce. The present work changes the objections against all-reconciliation into arguments in its favor. After reading it, all religious neurosis-inducing fantasies of hell can be confidently dismissed. The doctrine of hell is not replaced by cultural Protestant relativism, but by a Christocentric, biblically based and hope-filled optimism that has the Risen Lord and his possibilities in mind.

Die Urgeschichte erzählt nicht von gestern, sondern von uns. In diesem Essayband werden ihre Geschichten als Spiegel der Menschheit entfaltet. Sie handeln von Schöpfung, Verantwortung, Scham, Würde, Liebe, Geschlecht, Gewalt und Macht. Exegetische Tiefenbohrungen treffen auf aktuelle Debatten. Dabei wird deutlich: Die Schöpfung ist nicht binär. Es gab keinen Sündenfall. Gott schickte nie eine Flut. Und die Sprachverwirrung beim Turmbau war keine Strafe, sondern eine Befreiung. Die Urgeschichte zeigt sich so als verdichtete Menschheitserfahrung. Dadurch eröffnet sie einen neuen Blick auf den Schöpfer und seine Schöpfung.[The Biblical Prehistory. Mirror of Humanity. 14 Essays]Prehistory is not about yesterday, but about us. In this collection of essays, its stories are unfolded as a mirror of humanity. They deal with creation, responsibility, shame, dignity, love, gender, violence, and power. Deep exegetical explorations meet current debates. It becomes clear that creation is not binary. There was no fall of man. God never sent a flood. And the confusion of languages during the building of the tower was not a punishment, but a liberation. Thus, prehistory reveals itself as a condensed experience of humanity. This opens up a new perspective on the Creator and His creation.