Inter-religious Discourse on Climate Change Roman Catholic and African Traditional Perspectives

dc.contributor.authorByarugaba, George William
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-29T07:43:54Z
dc.date.available2018-08-29T07:43:54Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThe future of our planet poses many challenges for our generation, possibly more than ever before. Overpopulation, rapid industrialization, heightened consumerism, unrestricted technologies, and other human activities are affecting every region of land and water, and causing environmental degradation on an enormous scale. Indeed, not only are we altering the climate and radically undermining life, but we are also triggering a mass extinction of species and putting future generations in a predicament. The Catholic Church values this world and believes that the transcendent creator and an immanent Spirit dwell deep in the created world and that one finds God when one loves the world God has created and redeemed. Any activity that demeans and devalues creatures demeans the creator, as much as reverence for and joy over everything and every person becomes the sign of the love for God. Human sinfulness is doubtless the major cause of the environmental crisis. Consequently, this contribution argues that through the ritual of prayer that weaves humans into the rhythm of natural cycles, the Catholic Church can lead to changing people’s hearts and contribute to restoring the environment. The essay also argues that in order to effectively fulfil its role of changing people’s mindsets toward the environment, the church must dialogue with African Traditional Religions.en_US
dc.identifier.citationByarugaba, G.W., 2017. Inter‐religious Discourse on Climate Change: Roman Catholic and African Traditional Perspectives. The Ecumenical Review, 69(3), pp.327-335.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12280/578
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe Ecumenical Reviewen_US
dc.subjectClimate Changeen_US
dc.subjectInter-religious Discourseen_US
dc.subjectAfrican Traditional Perspectivesen_US
dc.titleInter-religious Discourse on Climate Change Roman Catholic and African Traditional Perspectivesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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