‘The Trees are the Clothes of the Church’: Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church-Forests as Spiritual Spaces of Resilience against Climate Change?

In times of ecological crises, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo church-forests are, as many suggest, sacred spaces of resilience and restoration. The need for community forest management and sustainable use of natural resources is said to be based on an ‘eco-theology of Edenic forests’ so, we ask, What c...

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Main Author: Fischer, Moritz 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Edinburgh Univ. Press 2024
In: Studies in world christianity
Year: 2024, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 24-43
Further subjects:B Community forest management
B Sacred Texts
B Church-forests
B Theocentric cosmology
B Miaphysite Christology
B Eco-theology
B Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
B Sacred groves
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