ENVS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Ecological Relationship, Greenbelt Park, Environmental Ethics
1 May 2015
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On earth as it is in heaven christianity and the environmental challenge. 1986, representatives from major world religions invited by pope john paul ii to assisi to celebrate 25th anniversary of wwf: meeting happened with opening of the italian hunting season. St. francis was the patron saint of ecology. Christianity was the preeminent religion in the west: most closely associated with rise of technology and industrialization. Many rely on religious teachings for guidance and as source of cultural values/expression: religion is used in 3rd world countries as vehicle for political action, christianity shaped concepts of self, rights, freedom, responsibility and property. Religion plays major role in evaluating relationships with the natural environment. Lynn white argued that christianity was the most anthropocentric religion. People argued that other cultures with different religions had dishonoured the environment: believed that european christians were no worse than any other human.
