RT Article
T1 Eco-theological Responses to Climate Change in Oceania
JF Worldviews
VO 20
IS 2
SP 150
OP 168
A1 Rubow, Cecilie 1966-
A1 Bird, Cliff
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2016
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1562185535
AB This paper explores eco-theological responses to climate change in Oceania. First, we review central texts in the contextual theological tradition in Oceania, focusing on recent responses to climate change. This points to a body of theological texts integrating climate change into a broader effort to reform classical theologies and church practices. Secondly, we identify challenges facing the contextual theologies, among them recent claims about climate-change-denying responses by Biblicist Christians in the Pacific region. These challenges apart, we suggest, thirdly, that the churches are important actors in the cultural modeling of climate change. We highlight the uniqueness of Christian narratives from the Pacific region, while alluding to the fact that literal interpretations of scriptures are influential in many other parts of the world too.
K1 Climate Change : contextual theology : eco-theology : Oceania
DO 10.1163/15685357-02002003