Responding to Small Island Nations Imperiled by Human-Forced Climate Change: An Ethical Imperative for Christians
The article discusses the ethical obligations of Christians regarding the danger to small island nations from climate change and sea level rise. Topics include economic and environmental issues in ethics related to climate change impacts; responses by Christian leaders including former Episcopal Chu...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2018
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Anglican theological review
Year: 2018, Volume: 100, Issue: 1, Pages: 93-111 |
| IxTheo Classification: | NCC Social ethics NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
LAUDATO si' (Papal encyclical)
B Climate Change Religious aspects Christianity B Environmental Ethics B SCHORI, Katherine Jefferts B BARTHOLOMEW I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, 1940- B Francis, Pope, 1936- B Islands B Environmental conditions |
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| Summary: | The article discusses the ethical obligations of Christians regarding the danger to small island nations from climate change and sea level rise. Topics include economic and environmental issues in ethics related to climate change impacts; responses by Christian leaders including former Episcopal Church presiding bishop Katherine Jefferts Schori, Eastern Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew, and Roman Catholic Pope Francis; and interfaith approaches. Francis's encyclical "Laudato si'" is noted. |
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| ISSN: | 2163-6214 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Anglican theological review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/000332861810000110 |