Ecological Peace Education: Toward a Pedagogy for Climate Justice

The urgency of the environmental crisis and resulting climate violence must impel educators toward an ecological peace education and a pedagogy for climate justice. This paper will utilize theological and pedagogical frameworks from scholars in peace education to evaluate the existential plight of c...

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Main Author: DeWitt, Amanda (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2025
In: Religious education
Year: 2025, Volume: 120, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-14
Further subjects:B ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
B eco-pedagogy
B Eco-theology
B Religious Education
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Summary:The urgency of the environmental crisis and resulting climate violence must impel educators toward an ecological peace education and a pedagogy for climate justice. This paper will utilize theological and pedagogical frameworks from scholars in peace education to evaluate the existential plight of climate change and suggest epistemological shifts toward ecological consciousness for educating in the Anthropocene, the era of human intervention that has resulted in environmental destruction, resource exploitation, greenhouse gas emission, and what Pope Francis has identified as “throwaway culture.”
ISSN:1547-3201
Contains:Enthalten in: Religious education
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/00344087.2024.2437922