Green Religion vs. the Greening of Religion: a case study of Christian Environmental Stewardship.

摘要

Human relationships to the non-human world around us have always been a matter of interest. Such relationships have received a varying amount of attention, and been considered, to varying degrees, the center of human purpose on earth. A resurgence ofconcern over such relationships with the environmental movement of late 20th century led to both the "greening" of traditional religious theology through a process of expositing long-held normative beliefs, and, to the creation of new "green" religions by defining newly formed sets of beliefs as normative. It is the purpose of this paper to explore the greening of traditional religion by using the theological backdrop of Evangelical Christianity and the present Christian Environmental Stewardship movement as a case study. Specific references will also be made to Jewish and Muslim ideas of environmental stewardship.