Although best known for his perceived critiques of Christianity in his 1967 "Historical Roots" article, I draw upon Lynn Townsend White, jr.'s lesser-known texts and unpublished archival materials to argue that White made a significant, constructive contribution to environmental ethics. Through his rejection of anthropocentric and prudential forms of ethics, White proposed an ethic of compassion for nature rooted in his notion of a "spiritual democracy of all God's creatures." This ethical model, referred to here as Christian ecocentrism, is offered as a framework for Christian reflection and as a means for changing attitudes and behaviors on the "wicked problem" of climate change. Although best known for his perceived critiques of Christianity in his 1967 "Historical Roots" article, I draw upon Lynn Townsend White, jr.'s lesser-known texts and unpublished archival materials to argue that White made a significant, constructive contribution to environmental ethics. Through his rejection of anthropocentric and prudential forms of ethics, White proposed an ethic of compassion for nature rooted in his notion of a "spiritual democracy of all God's creatures." This ethical model, referred to here as Christian ecocentrism, is offered as a framework for Christian reflection and as a means for changing attitudes and behaviors on the "wicked problem" of climate change.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2017
توصيف ظاهري
61-86
عنوان
Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology
شماره جلد
21/1
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1568-5357
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
animals
اصطلاح موضوعی
Christianity
اصطلاح موضوعی
climate change
اصطلاح موضوعی
ecology
اصطلاح موضوعی
ecotheology
اصطلاح موضوعی
environmental ethics
اصطلاح موضوعی
Lynn White
اصطلاح موضوعی
religion
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