RT Article
T1 The One Body of Christian Environmentalism
JF Zygon
VO 33
IS 2
SP 233
OP 253
A1 Grizzle, Raymond E.
A1 Barrett, Christopher B.
LA English
PB Wiley-Blackwell
YR 1998
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1827952628
AB Using a conceptual model consisting of three intersecting spheres of concern (environmental protection, human needs provision, and economic welfare) central to most environmental issues, we map six major Christian traditions of thought. Our purpose is to highlight the complementarities among these diverse responses in order to inform a more holistic Christian environmentalism founded on one or more of the major tenets of each of the six core traditions. Our approach also incorporates major premises of at least the more moderate versions of biocentrism, ecocentrism, and anthropocentrism. We label this holistic approach “cosmocentrism” and use it as the basis for a preliminary description of the notion of “pluralistic stewardship.” We argue that only such holistic environmental perspectives, where societal needs are more directly coupled with environmental protection, and a pluralism of worldviews are acknowledged as potentially contributing to such efforts are capable of successfully addressing the complex issues we face today. We note that, at the international level in particular, Christian thought and secular environmentalism already have been moving in such a direction.
K1 Stewardship
K1 Pluralism
K1 Holism
K1 Global
K1 Environmentalism
K1 Environmental Ethics
K1 Ecocentrism
K1 cosmocentrism
K1 Christianity
K1 biocentrism
K1 Anthropocentrism
DO 10.1111/0591-2385.00143