RT Article
T1 AFTER LYNN WHITE: RELIGIOUS ETHICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
JF Journal of religious ethics
VO 37
IS 2
SP 283
OP 309
A1 Jenkins, Willis 1975-
LA English
PB Wiley-Blackwell
YR 2009
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1822386683
AB The fields of environmental ethics and of religion and ecology have been shaped by Lynn White Jr.'s thesis that the roots of ecological crisis lie in religious cosmology. Independent critical movements in both fields, however, now question this methodological legacy and argue for alternative ways of inquiry. For religious ethics, the twin controversies cast doubt on prevailing ways of connecting environmental problems to religious deliberations because the criticisms raise questions about what counts as an environmental problem, how religious traditions change, and whether ethicists should approach problems and traditions with reformist commitments. This article examines the critiques of White's legacy and presents a pluralist alternative that focuses religious ethics on the contextual strategies produced by moral communities as they confront environmental problems.
K1 Pragmatism
K1 Eco-theology
K1 Lynn White
K1 Environmental Ethics
K1 religion and ecology
DO 10.1111/j.1467-9795.2009.00387.x