Science and Religion in the Face of the Environmental Crisis

Bibliographic Data

ID20032825
AuthorsHolmes Rolston (corresponding author)
Year2006
Publication date2006-11-16
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueThe Oxford handbook of religion and ecology (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195178722.003.0018
OpenAlexW2734811277
ISBN9780195178722
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited10

BOTH science and religion are challenged by the environmental crisis, both to reevaluate the natural world and to reevaluate their dialogue with each other. Both are thrown into researching fundamental theory and practice in the face of an upheaval unprecedented in human history, indeed in planetary history. Life on Earth is in jeopardy owing to the behavior of one species, the only species that is either scientific or religious, the only species claiming privilege as the "wise species," Homo sapiens. Nature and the human relation to nature must be evaluated within cultures, classically by their religions, currently also by the sciences so eminent in Western culture. Ample numbers of theologians and ethicists have become persuaded that religion needs to pay more attention to ecology, and many ecologists recognize religious dimensions to caring for nature and to addressing the ecological crisis. Somewhat ironically, just when humans, with their increasing industry and technology, seemed further and further from nature, having more knowledge about natural processes and more power to manage them, just when humans were

Environmental crisis · Environmental ethics · Face (sociological concept) · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies · Evolution and Science Education · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics

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