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The challenge of environment and climate justice1

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Imperatives of an eco-theological reformation of Christianity in African contexts

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Imperatives of an eco-theological reformation of Christianity in African contexts
ByDietrich Werner
BookAfrican Initiated Christianity and the Decolonisation of Development

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Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2020
Imprint Routledge
Pages 22
eBook ISBN 9780367823825
OA Funder Knowledge Unlatched GmbH

ABSTRACT

This chapter asks the question whether and how eco-theological transformation and development from below has been (or could become) a major dimension within the work and life of both Pentecostal and African Independent Churches in the African continent. Acknowledging criticism of the historical role of colonial Christianity, being accused of leading to environmental degradation and exploitation, the chapter argues that there are important alternative traditions both within biblical tradition and within traditional African wisdom. These traditions point to a more nuanced and positive appreciation of Christian religion as contributing to a view of nature as a place of God’s presence and the environment as something to be protected. There is evidence that some of the newly flourishing churches in the continent have an underestimated and under-realised potential of reinforcing environmental responsibilities and ecological commitments in their liturgies, their ways of reading the Bible as well as their practical pastoral ministries once a broad and cosmological understanding of the role of the Holy Spirit is maintained.

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