Eco-theological Responses to Climate Change in Oceania

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 t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Worldviews
VerfasserInnen: Rubow, Cecilie 1966- (VerfasserIn) ; Bird, Cliff (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Brill 2016
In: Worldviews
Jahr: 2016, Band: 20, Heft: 2, Seiten: 150-168
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Ozeanien / Kontextuelle Theologie / Ökologische Theologie / Anthropogene Klimaänderung / Reaktion
IxTheo Notationen:CF Christentum und Wissenschaft
CH Christentum und Gesellschaft
FD Kontextuelle Theologie
KBS Australien; Ozeanien
NBD Schöpfungslehre
NCG Ökologische Ethik; Schöpfungsethik
weitere Schlagwörter:B Climate Change contextual theology eco-theology Oceania
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:1568-5357
Enthält:In: Worldviews
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685357-02002003