Moving beyond confessional theologies and secular philosophies about the world: Towards an ecodomic public attitude about nature

HTS Theological Studies 76 (1) (2020)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

This article is firstly an investigation of traditional Christian thought about the world with the purpose of establishing whether Christianity’s three main confessions share similar concerns about the current situation of nature. Secondly, the investigation is followed by a comparison between the common features of these three confessional theologies and similar patterns of thought in the secular world, with the intention of finding ecological issues that are common not only to the three confessional theologies but also to secular philosophies. Thirdly, the initial investigation of Christianity’s three main confessional theologies, followed by the comparison between these confessional theologies and secular philosophies of nature, is completed by the concrete proposal that, in order for contemporary ecological issues to be met with viable solutions, a common public attitude about nature, which goes beyond confessional theologies and secular philosophies, needs to be pursued globally in an ecodomic manner.Contribution: Despite the numerous theories about concrete ways to improve the current state of nature, this article is an attempt to go a step beyond the established theological and philosophical perspectives on the world towards a constructive public attitude which is meant to be characterised by the real possibility of immediate action.

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 91,349

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

Liberation Theology.Cláudio Carvalhaes - 2018 - In Christopher D. Rodkey & Jordan E. Miller (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Radical Theology. Cham: Springer Verlag. pp. 667-676.
The Way of Aquinas: Its Importance for Moral Theology.D. Stephen Long - 2006 - Studies in Christian Ethics 19 (3):339-356.
The Scope of Public Theology.Duncan B. Forrester - 2004 - Studies in Christian Ethics 17 (2):5-19.
A Common Negotiation: The Abrahamic Traditions and Philosophy in the Middle Ages.Richard C. Taylor - 2012 - Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 86:1-14.
A Common Negotiation: The Abrahamic Traditions and Philosophy in the Middle Ages.Richard C. Taylor - 2012 - Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 86:1-14.
The Theological Significance of the Secular.Christoph Hübenthal - 2019 - Studies in Christian Ethics 32 (4):455-469.
Nature and natural kinds.Guy Robinson - 2007 - Philosophy 82 (4):605-623.

Analytics

Added to PP
2020-07-28

Downloads
11 (#1,110,001)

6 months
7 (#411,886)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?