Ecology and Contemporary Christian Theology
This article explores contemporary shifts in eco-theological thinking as they relate to the overall field of ‘religion and ecology/nature’. More specifically, this article looks not only at retrieving theological, biblical and ethical resources from Christianity to address contemporary ecological is...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2011
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Religion compass
Year: 2011, Volume: 5, Issue: 8, Pages: 376-388 |
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| Summary: | This article explores contemporary shifts in eco-theological thinking as they relate to the overall field of ‘religion and ecology/nature’. More specifically, this article looks not only at retrieving theological, biblical and ethical resources from Christianity to address contemporary ecological issues, but rather how meaning-making practices are changed in the contemporary context of globalization and global climate change. How does globalization challenge concepts of meaning that claim universality? How does climate change challenge a separation between moral and natural ‘evil’? How do urban ecology and environmental justice challenge distinctions between humans, technology, and the rest of the natural world, and what might this mean for theological understandings of creation? In the end, these questions highlight an overall shift in theological thinking: moving from global understandings of the world toward planetary understandings. |
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| ISSN: | 1749-8171 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion compass
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8171.2011.00297.x |