Original Breath
Original Breath
This chapter challenges traditional non-carnal readings of speaking in the Genesis account of Creation: creatio ex nihilo, God beyond space and time, and humans as absolutely distinct from animals. The author suggests God’s calling to Creation takes place in the presence of an already existing “there is,” a formless matter that responds to God’s call. God’s breath organizes creation, breathes life into humans and animals, and forces us to rethink our ideas of matter. This account demands that we rethink our relationship to animals in a manner that, without conflating humans and animals, points to a “divine animality” and a “continuous carnal creation.”
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