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stewardship

In Christianity, the belief that God gave humans the responsibility of caring for his creation. Christianity holds that the earth and the natural world belong to God, and that humans are part of that creation. In the Old Testament, Genesis tells how the first humans, Adam and Eve, were given stewardship of the earth (Genesis 1:28 and 2:15). As humans were created in the image of God, they were to share in his rule as his earthly representatives. They were not to waste, exploit, or abuse his creation, but to care for it and use it in the service of God and fellow human beings.

According to traditional Christian belief, the first humans disobeyed God and lost their relationship with him. They were thrown out of the Garden of Eden (Paradise). Before he sinned, Adam had worked in a beautiful and pleasant garden; after his banishment (Genesis 3:23), he had to work hard ground, cursed with thorns and thistles. Christians today often compare this story with misuse of the environment; humans are then unable to enjoy the environment and their surroundings. According to Christians, human beings still have a responsibility to care for the universe and act as God's stewards over creation.
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With her usual shrewdness, Nellie had surmised the chief difficulty, but it dwindled in real importance because of the fact that Rose so frequently had the feeling that Martin merely had gone on a journey and would come home some day, expecting an exact accounting of her stewardship.
Dust by Haldeman, Julius Mr. and Mrs. View in context
"I trust, Sir Wingrave, that you are satisfied with this account of our stewardship," the solicitor said, as his clerk left the room.
The Malefactor by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
All our consignments have long been made to Rovinghams' the commission- merchants; and although, as a check upon them, and in the stewardship of my father's resources, your judgment and watchfulness have been actively exerted, still those qualities would have influenced my father's fortunes equally, if you had lived in any private dwelling: would they not?
Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context
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