The Pastoral Challenge of the Environmental Crisis: Environmental Anxiety and Lutheran Eco-Reformation
Plans for a Lutheran eco-reformation are complicated by the polarization of views related to environmental issues. I argue that there is a special reason to take the agenda of eco-reformation seriously: a widespread and often unconscious environmental anxiety, which posits a pastoral and existenti...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2016]
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| In: |
Dialog
Year: 2016, Volume: 55, Issue: 2, Pages: 131-140 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KDD Protestant Church NBC Doctrine of God NBD Doctrine of Creation NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics RG Pastoral care |
| Further subjects: | B
environmental anxiety
B Eco-theology B Environmental psychology B eco-reformation B Lutheran B religion and nature |
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| Summary: | Plans for a Lutheran eco-reformation are complicated by the polarization of views related to environmental issues. I argue that there is a special reason to take the agenda of eco-reformation seriously: a widespread and often unconscious environmental anxiety, which posits a pastoral and existential challenge that must be addressed by the churches. I contextualize the challenge of eco-reformation in the historical context of Lutheran eco-theology. Finally, I briefly discuss two key themes for Lutheran eco-theology: God's presence in nature and the theology of the cross. |
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| ISSN: | 1540-6385 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Dialog
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/dial.12239 |