ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the relation between contemporary apocalyptic narratives related to the environment and Qur’anic eschatological discourse. By employing the notion of the Anthropocene as an analytical tool, it further explores the ways actors within the contemporary field of Islamic eco-theology engage with this concept. The argument put fourth is that the Anthropocene as a theoretical construct, when viewed alongside Islamic eschatology, might shed new light on the role of human agency, free will, and accountability within the perspectives of environmental ethics. Finally, the chapter explores how apocalyptic thinking is expressed within Muslim environmental activism through Islamic theoretical constructs on the one hand and through a perceived shared experience of the eco-apocalypse on the other in order to illustrate how Islamic apocalypticism can serve (or is already serving) as a powerful theme that mobilizes environmental thought and activism.
