Plastic Pollution, Climate Change, and the Moral Imperative to Respond
Plastics have profoundly reshaped our global environment. Once hailed as a miracle invention, they now represent both a tangible and existential threat to life on Earth. This essay draws parallels between plastic pollution and the concept of structural sin, framing plastics as not only a material cr...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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Theology and science
Year: 2025, Volume: 23, Issue: 4, Pages: 786-797 |
| Further subjects: | B
James Cone
B Environmental Justice B Liberation Theology B Feuerbach B plastics B structural sin B Marx |
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| Summary: | Plastics have profoundly reshaped our global environment. Once hailed as a miracle invention, they now represent both a tangible and existential threat to life on Earth. This essay draws parallels between plastic pollution and the concept of structural sin, framing plastics as not only a material crisis but also a moral one. In response, Christians must move beyond passive belief toward active resistance—challenging systems of environmental degradation and systemic injustice, and demanding collective accountability. |
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| ISSN: | 1474-6719 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology and science
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2025.2550543 |
