Ecumenical Theology of Hope for the Common Oikos and the Greed Line as Principle of Sustainability
The word oikos stems from the Greek, meaning the dwelling place of the human family and the concept of the wider household. Depending on the scale, oikos might be defined locally or globally. In this essay, our common oikos refers to the whole earth, whose sustainability is scientifically recognized...
| Subtitles: | Theology of the Oikos |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2018]
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| In: |
The ecumenical review
Year: 2018, Volume: 70, Issue: 4, Pages: 600-616 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KDJ Ecumenism NCE Business ethics NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
ecumenical diakonia
B Eco-justice B World Council of Churches B greed line B Ecotheology B common oikos |
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| Summary: | The word oikos stems from the Greek, meaning the dwelling place of the human family and the concept of the wider household. Depending on the scale, oikos might be defined locally or globally. In this essay, our common oikos refers to the whole earth, whose sustainability is scientifically recognized as threatened by human greed. The issues of climate change, water crisis, loss of biodiversity, and many other sustainability problems are real challenges that cannot be solved by politics and technology alone. Ecumenical theology can help by catalyzing societal change with active hope. This paper develops the understanding of the ecumenical theology of oikos and extends reflection to a practical ecotheology of greed-line practice as a principle of sustainability - the greed index. It advocates for the resolute mode of hoping for the oikos and calls everyone to share this hope through ecumenical diakonia for the sake of creation. |
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| ISSN: | 1758-6623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The ecumenical review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/erev.12387 |