Eco-theological Responses to Climate Change in Oceania
This paper explores eco-theological responses to climate change in Oceania. First, we review central texts in the contextual theological tradition in Oceania, focusing on recent responses to climate change. This points to a body of theological texts integrating climate change into a broader effort t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2016
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| In: |
Worldviews
Year: 2016, Volume: 20, Issue: 2, Pages: 150-168 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Oceania
/ Contextual theology
/ Ecological theology
/ Anthropogenous climate-change
/ Reactionary politics
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| IxTheo Classification: | CF Christianity and Science CH Christianity and Society FD Contextual theology KBS Australia; Oceania NBD Doctrine of Creation NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Climate Change
contextual theology
eco-theology
Oceania
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | This paper explores eco-theological responses to climate change in Oceania. First, we review central texts in the contextual theological tradition in Oceania, focusing on recent responses to climate change. This points to a body of theological texts integrating climate change into a broader effort to reform classical theologies and church practices. Secondly, we identify challenges facing the contextual theologies, among them recent claims about climate-change-denying responses by Biblicist Christians in the Pacific region. These challenges apart, we suggest, thirdly, that the churches are important actors in the cultural modeling of climate change. We highlight the uniqueness of Christian narratives from the Pacific region, while alluding to the fact that literal interpretations of scriptures are influential in many other parts of the world too. |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource |
| ISSN: | 1568-5357 |
| Contains: | In: Worldviews
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685357-02002003 |