Augustine and the Anthropocene
The term "Anthropocene” has recently emerged as part of an effort to name the geological impact of modern humans. For some, this “recent human age” is a “Good Anthropocene,” an opportunity for humans to finally assume their place as masters of this world. For others, the Anthropocene is bad new...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Rabbi Myer and Dorothy Kripke Center for the Study of Religion and Society at Creighton University
2018
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Journal of religion & society. Supplement
Year: 2018, Volume: 15, Pages: 242-252 |
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| Summary: | The term "Anthropocene” has recently emerged as part of an effort to name the geological impact of modern humans. For some, this “recent human age” is a “Good Anthropocene,” an opportunity for humans to finally assume their place as masters of this world. For others, the Anthropocene is bad news, and efforts to call it “good” are profoundly misguided. This essay brings theological insight to this tension by placing it in dialogue with the thought of St. Augustine. From an Augustinian perspective, the idea of a “Good Anthropocene” is just another example of the human capacity for delusion. |
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| ISSN: | 1941-8450 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion & society. Supplement
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