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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發表在:Worldviews
Authors: Rubow, Cecilie 1966- (Author) ; Bird, Cliff (Author)
格式: 電子 Article
語言:English
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出版: Brill 2016
In: Worldviews
Year: 2016, 卷: 20, 發布: 2, Pages: 150-168
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ozeanien / Συμφραστική θεολογία / Οικολογική θεολογία / Ανθρωπογενής κλιματική αλλαγή / Αντίδραση (πολιτική)
IxTheo Classification:CF Christianity and Science
CH Christianity and Society
FD Contextual theology
KBS Australia; Oceania
NBD Doctrine of Creation
NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics
Further subjects:B Climate Change contextual theology eco-theology Oceania
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總結: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
Contains:In: Worldviews
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685357-02002003