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Towards East Asian Ecotheologies of Climate Crisis

open access: yesReligions, 2020
An anthropogenically caused climate crisis threatens the Earth and humanity. As such, religion’s engagement is of increasing importance. This paper critically evaluates the significance of the East Asian context regarding the climate crisis, arguing for ...
Anna Kirkpatrick-Jung, Tanya Riches
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“THE GOD WITH CLAY”: THE IDEA OF DEEP INCARNATION AND THE INFORMATIONAL UNIVERSE

open access: yesZygon®, Volume 58, Issue 3, Page 683-713, September 2023., 2023
Abstract This article explores the relations between the idea of deep incarnation and scientific ideas of an informational universe, in which mass, energy, and information belong together. It is argued that the cosmic Christologies developed in the vein of Cappadocian theology (fourth century) and the Franciscan theologian Bonaventure (thirteenth ...
Niels Henrik Gregersen
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The Necessity of Primary Causes: A Critique of Denis Edwards

open access: yesNew Blackfriars, Volume 104, Issue 1111, Page 323-338, May 2023., 2023
Abstract In this paper I will investigate a recent development on St Thomas Aquinas’ definition of dual causality and see if it truly develops Aquinas’ thinking or departs from it. Denis Edwards made significant contributions to contemporary Catholic theology especially as it concerns the relationship between science and Christian theology. In one very
Emma McGowan
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Muslims and climate change: How Islam, Muslim organizations, and religious leaders influence climate change perceptions and mitigation activities

open access: yesWIREs Climate Change, Volume 12, Issue 3, May/June 2021., 2021
Muslim pilgrims surrounding the sacred site Kaaba in the Great Mosque of Mecca Abstract A growing body of research stresses the importance of religion in understanding and addressing climate change. However, so far, little is known about the relationship between Muslim communities and climate change.
Jens Koehrsen
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Holy Grandeur Enough for All

open access: yesGema Teologika, 2017
Natural degradation is not merely a competition between ecology and economy. The destruction of nature is closely related to religiosity and human relationships to fellow human beings, the environment, and God. Ecotheology becomes a self-criticism of the
Novriana Gloria Hutagalung
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Book Review: Eco-Theology

open access: yesTemenos, 2021
Book review of Hans-Günter Heimbrock and Jörg Persch (eds): Eco-Theology: Essays in Honor of Sigurd Bergmann. Paderborn: Brill – Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh, 2021, 311 pp.
Laura Wickström
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Are Ashes All That Is Left? Grace Jantzen’s Aesthetics and the Beauty of Biodiversity

open access: yesReligions, 2022
As the climate crisis continues to worsen and it becomes apparent that the earth faces its sixth mass extinction event, it is more important than ever to find an alternative to the disordered thinking that prevents meaningful environmental reform in ...
Dorothy C. Dean
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Children and Climate Anxiety: An Ecofeminist Practical Theological Perspective

open access: yesReligions, 2022
As awareness grows of global warming and ecological degradation, words such as “climate anxiety”, and “eco-anxiety” enter our vocabularies, describing the impact of climate change on human mental health and spiritual wellbeing.
Joyce Ann Mercer
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Ecotheology and the theology of eating: controversies and convergencies

open access: yesScripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 2015
Environmental theology (or, ecotheology) developed slowly during the first half of the twentieth century and has become a major field of study since the late 1960s. While many of the issues discussed in ecotheological works have included consequences for
Panu Pihkala
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