Christianity and Ecological Ethics: The Significance of Process Thought and a Panexperientialist Critique of Strong Anthropocentrism
Christianity has contributed to the development of a strong anthropocentric ethic. Christian theologians have developed new ways of thinking about the place of humans in nature, often by focussing on the God-humanity relationship. Thinking about the third component of the metaphysical trinity, natur...
| Published in: | Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox Publ.
2004
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Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
Year: 2004, Volume: 9.3, Pages: 359-387 |
| Further subjects: | B
Materialist
B Nature B dualist B process thought B ecological ethics |
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| Summary: | Christianity has contributed to the development of a strong anthropocentric ethic. Christian theologians have developed new ways of thinking about the place of humans in nature, often by focussing on the God-humanity relationship. Thinking about the third component of the metaphysical trinity, nature, has largely remained unchanged. Christian theology needs to make an ontological detour or tour de force to overcome lingering materialist and dualist conceptions of nature, and to embrace key aspects of process thought, most notably panexperientialism. This will pave the way for the required weak anthropocentric ethic. |
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| ISSN: | 1749-4915 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/ecot.9.3.359.59073 |