Ecotheology in the service of religion and science

Stanisław Rabiej

doi:10.25167/so.2206

Published: 2020-12-23

Vol. 20 (2020)

Ecotheology in the service of religion and science

Stanisław Rabiej

Studia Oecumenica

Section: General ecumenical issues

https://doi.org/10.25167/so.2206

Abstract

The aim of the text is to assess the ecumenical potential of various contemporary approaches to ecotheology, which try to take into account the achievements of natural and social sciences. It outlines the effects of the ecumenical interest of the Churches in ecology, understood as a certain style of thinking and acting, taking into account the good of the natural environment. The results of ecological interest in the Churches are discussed by numerous authors. For example, two complementary concepts from Western and Eastern Christianity are presented: Thomas Berry's Interdisciplinary Ecotheology and John Zizioulas' Ethically Oriented Ecotheology.

Keywords:

ecotheology, evolutionary biology, ethics, social anthropology

Stanisław Rabiej

stanrab@uni.opole.pl
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3677-2128

Affiliation:

Uniwersytet Opolski, Wydział Teologiczny Poland

Bio Statement (e.g., department and rank)

Specializing in theological anthropology, ecumenism and sociology of religion. Author of over 160 publications. Head of the Chair on Integration Research and Jean Monnet Chair: Ecumenical ways of reconciliation in Europe (154615 - LLP - 1 - 2009) WTUO, professor visiting the Faculty of Artes Liberale of the University of Warsaw, published, among others: Chemins de réconciliation en Europe I-III, Colloque international, Colloquia Theologica 11/12/13, Opole 2010-2015; Realizing the freedom of religious beliefs and rights derived from it, Ecumenism and Integration 25, Opole 2016, pp. 464, Judaica of Opole, Opole 2016; Popular religion as an expression of religiosity in Silesia, Opole 2016; Criticism of the "culture of exclusion" in the teaching of Pope Francis, in: M. Humeniuk (ed.), Between the Exclusion and Inclusion in religious education, Wrocław 2017, pp. 64-76; Kaszrut - shaping ethical sensitivity, in: B. Bokus (ed.), Processed Culture, Warsaw 2017, pp. 43-56. Judaica of Opole (2018).

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