Planting the Seeds of the Future: Eschatological Environmentalism in the Time of the Anthropocene

Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, this essay examines how the local Jehovah's Witnesses' response to the current ecological crisis on the Galápagos Islands has produced a distinct form of religious environmentalism. Specifically, I argue that the Jehovah's Witnesses' vision of t...

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Main Author: Bocci, Paolo (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2019]
In: Religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-14
Further subjects:B Ecuador
B INVASIVE SPECIES
B the Anthropocene
B the Galápagos Islands
B Eco-theology
B endemic plants
B Conservation
B Urbanization
B environmental anthropology
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