Category:Eco-Theology

From Green Policy
Revision as of 19:17, 26 February 2017 by Siterunner (talk | contribs)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Corita action.jpg


Eco-Theology / Ecotheology


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecotheology

The relationship of theology to the modern ecological crisis became an intense issue of debate in Western academia in 1967, following the publication of the article, "The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis, " by Lynn White, Jr., Professor of History at the University of California at Los Angeles. In this work, White puts forward a theory that the Christian model of human dominion over nature has led to environmental devastation, providing a voice for "The Ecological Complaint".

Some scholars argue that Christians actually helped bring about the current global environmental crisis by instructing followers that God, and by extension mankind, transcends nature. Much of the development of ecotheology as a theological discourse was in response to this argument, which has been called "The Ecological Complaint". Defendants of this perspective essentially claim that Christianity promotes the idea of human dominion over nature, treating nature itself as a tool to be used and even exploited for survival and prosperity.

However, Christianity has often been viewed as the source of positive values towards the environment, and there are many voices within the Christian tradition whose vision embraces the well-being of the earth and all creatures.

Francis of Assisi is one of the more obvious influences on Christian ecotheology...


See:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritual_ecology
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Pope_Francis_on_the_Environment

Subcategories

This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.

E

N

  • Nature‎ (19 C, 60 P, 237 F)

Media in category "Eco-Theology"

The following 63 files are in this category, out of 63 total.

Retrieved from "https://greenpolicy360.net/index.php?title=Category:Eco-Theology&oldid=53343"