Youth, Faith and Environmental Consciousness in Africa

A Research Imperative for Youth Ministry within Practical Theology

Bibliographic Data

ID22137286
AuthorsJacques Walter Beukes (0000-0003-4319-2439, University of Pretoria, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume7
Issue2
Publication date2022-01-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueStellenbosch Theological Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2413-9459 • E-ISSN: 2413-9467
PublisherChristian Literature Fund (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.17570/stj.2021.v7n2.a9
OpenAlexW4386078419
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited12

Climate change and environmental degradation are arguably among the most significant concerns for humanity and environmental sustainability on a worldwide scale. Cultivating a multidimensional environmental consciousness that connects emotional and cognitive environmental knowledge with environmentally sustainable practises is a potential method for addressing ecological concerns on an individual basis. This could potentially lead to an impact on policy-making procedures at the local, national, regional, and global levels. Todayâ€TMs youth are at the epicentre of discussions about ecological (in) justice, environmental consciousness, and climate change discourses and practices. This is illustrated by international protests including the Fridays for Future and Extinction Rebellion campaign, to highlight a few. However, both of the aforementioned youth movements are western illustrations of youths who are participating in these discourses. The paper focuses on how African youth shape environmental consciousness, as well as how African theological institutions and their theological curricula (i.e., youth ministry modules) are geared toward shaping environmental consciousness (particularly among youth) within the African context. Within the practical theology discipline, the tripartite concern with the link between youth, religion, and environmental conscience has been under-researched. This study highlights a new purposeful endeavour to investigate the nexus between youth, faith, and environmental consciousness in Africa

Consciousness · Environmental degradation · Environmental education · Environmental ethics · Faith · Geography · Political science · Sociology · Sustainability · Theology · Youth studies · Christian Theology and Mission · Gender Studies · Law · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development · Ecology

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