RELG 270 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ecotheology, Wangari Maathai, Global Warming

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 270
• Professor: Eliza Rosenburg

Document Summary

Orthodox (eastern) christians with 12 major groups (~300 million) Roman catholics are organized under the pope (~1. 2 billion) All 3 believe in one god, who made all things, and one lord, jesus christ. Father, son and holy spirit, who are individuals but all god. Following the 10 commandments of the old testament. Varied geography, from deserts to glaciers and rain forests to savannah. Pre-colonial, with african traditional religions, islam, ethiopian orthodox, egyptian. At the berlin conference, africa was divided among european nations (1984-5) Rapid population growth is straining energy and agriculture. Main religions are taking action to improve the environment. Aic ecotheology is based in a struggle against colonialism and is a healing theology. The ecosystem is sometimes interpreted as the body of christ. Takes a very practical approach to environmental issues and honours traditional be- liefs/practices. Founder of the greenbelt movement, environmental and human rights activist.