The four tasks of Christian ecotheology: Revisiting the current debate
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2020
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Stellenbosch University
Abstract
This contribution offers a description of the tasks of Christian ecotheology both
from a de facto and from a de iure perspective. It suggests that this entails both a
twofold critique and a twofold constructive task, i.e. an ecological critique of
Christianity and a Christian critique of ecological destruction, a constructive
contribution to Christian authenticity and on that basis to multi-disciplinary
discourse on ecological concerns in the public sphere. This is unpacked in
subsequent sections, holding these dual tasks together through the notion of an
ecological reformation and the tension between vision and discernment. It is
suggested that a constructive contribution to Christian authenticity is indeed
theologically crucial, namely, to discern the movements of the Spirit, now amidst
the advent of the Anthropocene. This contribution raises but does not address the
theological question as to what God is up to in a time like this.
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Anthropocene, Christian ecotheology, Ecological reformation, Religion, Christianity
Citation
Conradie, E. M. (2020). The four tasks of Christian ecotheology: Revisiting the current debate. Scriptura, 119(1), 1-13. https://dx.doi.org/10.7833/119-1-1566