The Lure of the Apocalypse: Ecology, Ethics, and the End of the World

What should we make of the apocalyptic tone taken up by politicians, journalists, scientists, and activists? Some environmental thinkers such as Michael Shellenberger contend that alarming rhetoric distracts us from the technological and governance challenges presented by climate change. In the arti...

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Autor principal: Lambelet, Kyle Brent Thompson (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
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Publicado: Sage 2021
En: Studies in Christian ethics
Año: 2021, Volumen: 34, Número: 4, Páginas: 482-497
Clasificaciones IxTheo:CG Cristianismo y política
NBQ Escatología
NCG Ética ecológica ; ética de la creación
Otras palabras clave:B End of the world
B Environmentalism
B Climate Change
B Apocalypse
B Ecology
B Political Theology
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Sumario:What should we make of the apocalyptic tone taken up by politicians, journalists, scientists, and activists? Some environmental thinkers such as Michael Shellenberger contend that alarming rhetoric distracts us from the technological and governance challenges presented by climate change. In the article, it is argued that retrieving a practical apocalyptic political theology from the Christian tradition can both clarify conceptual contradictions within this discourse as well as offer a practical orientation toward living within ecological endings. Amid the cascade of environmental crises we are living through, apocalyptic practices of renunciation of the world offer a guide and discipline for living in the end.
ISSN:0953-9468
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/09539468211031352