عنوان

Constructing the Environment as a Faith Issue

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LA129697

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Constructing the Environment as a Faith Issue

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[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Anders Per Lundberg

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

This paper seeks to understand how the environment is constructed as a faith issue by environmental coordinators and activists in the Lutheran Church of Sweden. The main results are: 1. On the whole, respondents do not feel environmentalism emanates out of their religious engagement, but that it is something they brought with them. 2. Respondents emphasize instrumentality. A wealthy Church is considered to be an important resource for the sake of creating a sustainable society. Conversely, respondents emphasize environmentalism as a way of proving the relevance of the Church to an estranged society. 3. Theologically, respondents struggle to negotiate between maintaining a communitarian, anti-individualistic eco-theology, while staying within the boundaries of classic Christianity, not crossing over to pantheism. Eco-theology is felt to be stretching the boundaries, developing biblical motifs beyond what they are traditionally thought to mean. The data is analyzed using Peter Beyer's concepts of religious function and religious performance. This paper seeks to understand how the environment is constructed as a faith issue by environmental coordinators and activists in the Lutheran Church of Sweden. The main results are: 1. On the whole, respondents do not feel environmentalism emanates out of their religious engagement, but that it is something they brought with them. 2. Respondents emphasize instrumentality. A wealthy Church is considered to be an important resource for the sake of creating a sustainable society. Conversely, respondents emphasize environmentalism as a way of proving the relevance of the Church to an estranged society. 3. Theologically, respondents struggle to negotiate between maintaining a communitarian, anti-individualistic eco-theology, while staying within the boundaries of classic Christianity, not crossing over to pantheism. Eco-theology is felt to be stretching the boundaries, developing biblical motifs beyond what they are traditionally thought to mean. The data is analyzed using Peter Beyer's concepts of religious function and religious performance.

Date of Publication

2017

Physical description

152-174

Title

Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology

Volume Number

21/2

International Standard Serial Number

1568-5357

Subject Term

eco-theology

Subject Term

environmentalism

Subject Term

Lutheran Church of Sweden

Subject Term

religious function

Subject Term

religious performance

Anders Per Lundberg

Call Number

10.1163/15685357-02102004

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[Article]

275578

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