Scientific and Religious Convergence toward an Environmental Typology? A Search for Scientific Constructs in Papal and Episcopal Documents
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2515596 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Downs, A Chris Downs (0000-0002-8611-7407), Andrew Weigert, Andrew J Weigert |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 45 |
| Publication date | 1999-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8294 • E-ISSN: 1468-5906 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1387583 |
| OpenAlex | W2001081512 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 12 |
Although scientific and religious prespectives often give different interpretations of physical phenomena, there are indications of a shared concern for understanding human-environment relations. Biological, social, and behavioral sciences provide constructs for a typology to describe and interpret human-environment relations. Using the typology to analyze recent Catholic papal and episcopal documents concerning human-environment relations suggests overlap as well as differences in the use of scientific constructs. The main difference is the relative absence of two biological constructs in the Catholic documents, carrying capacity and population, that may affect possible convergences of scientific and religious environmental understanding
Biology · Convergence (economics) · Epistemology · Scientific literature · Sociology · Typology · Anthropology · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Religious Tourism and Spaces
Basic Content Analysis
The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis
The structure of scientific revolutions
Content Analysis for the Social Sciences and Humanities
Caring for Creation
Beyond the nature/society divide
How institutions think
A New Ecological Paradigm for Post-Exuberant Sociology
Theological Perspectives and Environmentalism among Religious Activists
Religion and Attitudes toward the Environment
Varieties of Religious Involvement and Environmental Concerns
Landscapes
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2023 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |