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Theology and Climate Change (Paperback)
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Theology and Climate Change (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Focus on Religion
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Theology and Climate Change examines Progressive Dominion Theology
(PDT) as a primary cultural driver of anthropogenic climate change.
PDT is a distinctive and Western form of Christian theology out of
which the modern scientific revolution and technological modernity
arises. Basic attitudes to nature, to instrumental power over
nature, and to an understanding of humanity's relationship with
nature are a function of the deep theological preconditions of
Western modernity. Much of what we like about Western modernity is
indebted to PDT at the same time that this tacit cultural theology
is propelling us towards climate disaster. This text argues that
the urgent need to change the fundamental operational assumptions
of our way of life is now very hard for us to do, because secular
modernity is now largely unaware of its tacit theological
commitments. Modern consumer society, including the global economy
that supports this way of life, could not have the operational
signatures it currently has without its distinctive theological
origin and its ongoing submerged theological assumptions. Some
forms of Christian theology are now acutely aware of this dynamic
and are determined to change the modern life-world, from first
assumptions up, in order to avert climate disaster. At the same
time that other forms of Christian theology - aligned with
pragmatic fossil fuel interests - advance climate change skepticism
and overtly uphold PDT. Theology is, in fact, crucially integral
with the politics of climate change, but this is not often
understood in anything more than simplistic and polemically
expedient ways in environmental and policy contexts. This text aims
to dis-imbed climate change politics from polarized and unfruitful
slinging-matches between conservatives and progressives of all or
no religious commitments. This fascinating volume is a must read
for those with an interest in environmental policy concerns and in
culturally embedded first-order belief commitments.
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