Unholy Alliances: Religion, Science, and Environment
Christianity's relationship with the environment is considered. From the seventeenth century, Christianity contributed to the legitimization of scientific developments that had injurious consequences for the environment. These developments were secularizing; hence the ecological crisis particip...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2001
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Zygon
Year: 2001, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 357-372 |
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B Enlightenment B Francis Bacon B Immanuel Kant B scientific revolution B religion-science relation B Environment (Art) B René Descartes B Human Being |
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| Summary: | Christianity's relationship with the environment is considered. From the seventeenth century, Christianity contributed to the legitimization of scientific developments that had injurious consequences for the environment. These developments were secularizing; hence the ecological crisis participates in the broader problems of secularization. Under secular hegemony, the normative model of the person as atomistic individual is integral to the problem itself as well as bereft of the spiritual resources to challenge abusive attitudes that profane God's creation. This paper proposes that responses to the ecological situation should be sought in a richer understanding of the human being: an anthropology that is not only part of the Christian legacy but also offered by contemporary sociobiology. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/0591-2385.00365 |