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" The Wicked Problem of Climate Change "
Matthew T. Riley
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AL
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1086062
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LA129691
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10.1163/15685357-02101005
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English
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Matthew T. Riley
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The Wicked Problem of Climate Change [Article]\ Matthew T. Riley
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Leiden: Brill
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Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology
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2017
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21/1
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61–86
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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of Christianity in his 1967 “Historical Roots” article, I draw upon Lynn Townsend White, jr.’s lesser-known texts and unpublished archival materials to argue that White made a significant, constructive contribution to environmental ethics.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of Christianity in his 1967 “Historical Roots” article, I draw upon Lynn Townsend White, jr.’s lesser-known texts and unpublished archival materials to argue that White made a significant, constructive contribution to environmental ethics.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.
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animals
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Christianity
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climate change
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ecology
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ecotheology
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environmental ethics
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Lynn White
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religion
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10.1163/15685357-02101005
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