African Eco Theology

Author : Ikechukwu Anthony KANU
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781665599603

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African Eco-Theology by Ikechukwu Anthony KANU Pdf

This piece articulates in a theological manner African earth-based spiritual traditions and innovative spiritual practices that are emerging in response to the painful realities of climate change, mass extinction, biodiversity loss, and the disruption of local and global ecosystems which have for long not received the attention that it deserves. It is in this sense that this Book of Readings titled African Eco-Theology: Meaning, Forms and Expressions will become one of the greatest ornaments and lights in the world of eco-theology as it responds to fundamental questions looming at the corridors of ecological discourses.

Author : Stan Chu Ilo
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666738711

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African Ecological Ethics and Spirituality for Cosmic Flourishing by Stan Chu Ilo Pdf

This is the definitive African text on ecological ethics, African environmental spirituality, a theology of creation, and climate justice. The contributors to this important volume explore the common threats facing this earth our common home and the particular threats facing Africa because of our sick environment, unsustainable development practices, and the false narratives and programs of modernity in the African Motherland. Here, African environmentalists, theologians, and peace advocates in conversation with Pope Francis’s Laudato Si’, develop a roadmap for pastoral, local, and global education on ecological consciousness in order to bring about ecological conversion. African ecological wisdom is also offered as indispensable resources for recovering the intimate connection of all creatures and all peoples and as a praxis of solidarity for the poor, and our fragile earth.

Author : Benjamin Abotchie Ntreh,Mark S. Aidoo,Daniel Nii Aboagye Aryeh
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532682018

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Essays on the Land, Ecotheology, and Traditions in Africa by Benjamin Abotchie Ntreh,Mark S. Aidoo,Daniel Nii Aboagye Aryeh Pdf

The book explores how African Christians in Ghana can think eco-theologically about the nexus of mining, waste pollution, water pollution, and land degradation. In 2017, the government of Ghana banned illegal mining and declared war against any activity that does not complement environmental protection and conservation of natural resources. The Christian church needs academic resources to support the campaign against the destruction of the land, water bodies, and environment. The papers presented generate theological imaginations in shaping the political campaign against the destruction of the land and the environment. Reflection on areas related to the theme includes: “The Concept of Land in the Bible”; “The Christian Church and the Galamsey Menace in West Africa”; “The Fulani Cattle Headsmen and Care for the Land”; “The Bible and the Environment: Towards an Agenda for Eco-theology in African Theological Institutions”; “Stewardship of the Land”; “The Menace of Mining in Ghana”; “Destruction of Water Bodies in Ghana”; and “The Menace of Plastic Waste in Ghana.” This volume will serve as a textbook for theological students, the church, and other governmental agencies.

Author : Ikechukwu Anthony KANU
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781665599634

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African Ecological Spirituality by Ikechukwu Anthony KANU Pdf

In the face of the emerging consequences of anthropogenic activities in relation to the environment, Africa is today united by the consciousness that individual destinies are caught up with the health of natural systems at the national, regional and continental levels. This Book of Readings on African Ecological Spirituality: Perspectives in Anthroposophy and Environmentalism focuses on scholarly and indigenous perspectives regarding the evolution of eco-spirituality in Africa. It provides answers to fundamental questions that have been looming at the horizon of thought for years on the contribution of African spirituality to ecological discourse.

Author : J. O. Y. Mante
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Ecology
ISBN : UOM:39015060637884

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Africa by J. O. Y. Mante Pdf

Author : Berman, Sidney K.,Leshota, Paul L.,Dunbar, Ericka S.,Dube, Musa W.
Publisher : University of Bamberg Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783863097875

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Mother Earth, Mother Africa and Biblical Studies by Berman, Sidney K.,Leshota, Paul L.,Dunbar, Ericka S.,Dube, Musa W. Pdf

Author : Sinenhlanhla S. Chisale,Rozelle Robson Bosch
Publisher : AOSIS
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781776341726

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Mother Earth, Mother Africa and Theology by Sinenhlanhla S. Chisale,Rozelle Robson Bosch Pdf

The theological role of African women and men in sustainable development and environmental justice strongly emerges in this book. Picking up the theme and metaphor of the fifth pan-African conference of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians (hereafter ‘Circle’), ‘Mother Earth and Mother Africa’, this book titled Mother Earth, Mother Africa and Theology presents original and innovative research by scholarly members and friends of the Circle. The main contribution of the volume is its multi- and trans-disciplinary exploration and reimagining of human relationships to Earth from an African ecofeminist and ecowomanist theological perspective. It engages in critical conversations of re-interpreting and re-imagining African cultural, religious, theological, and philosophical perspectives on gender and the Earth. The aim is to construct Earth-friendly relationships in the face of the growing global environmental crisis. Scholarly voices of African women and men from fields such as Theology, Environmental Law and Policy, Tourism, Agricultural Science and Natural Resources, and Economics are reflected in this book, which consists of three parts: Creation, the Trinity, and Mother Africa; Caring for Mother Africa; and Mother Africa and her daughters’ (in)fertility. Each of the eleven chapters in the volume presents the metaphor of Mother Earth, Mother Africa, and gender relations, with the aim to explore life-affirming, life-enhancing human relationships to Earth from the author’s particular area of specialisation and context.

Author : Ezra Chitando,Ernst M. Conradie,Susan M. Kilonzo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000587623

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African Perspectives on Religion and Climate Change by Ezra Chitando,Ernst M. Conradie,Susan M. Kilonzo Pdf

This book interrogates the contributions that religious traditions have made to climate change discussions within Africa, whether positive or negative. Drawing on a range of African contexts and religious traditions, the book provides concrete suggestions on how individuals and communities of faith must act in order to address the challenge of climate change. Despite the fact that Africa has contributed relatively little to historic carbon emissions, the continent will be affected disproportionally by the increasing impact of anthropogenic climate change. Contributors to this book provide a range of rich case studies to investigate how religious traditions such as Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and indigenous faiths influence the worldviews and actions of their adherents. The chapters also interrogate how the moral authority and leadership provided by religion can be used to respond and adapt to the challenges posed by climate change. Topics covered include risk reduction and resilience, youth movements, indigenous knowledge systems, environmental degradation, gender perspectives, ecological theories, and climate change financing. This book will be of interest to scholars in diverse fields, including religious studies, sociology, political science, climate change and environmental humanities. It may also benefit practitioners involved in solving community challenges related to climate change. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license

Author : Nisbert Taisekwa Taringa
Publisher : University of Bamberg Press
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-17
Category : Christian ethics
ISBN : 9783863092108

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Towards an African-Christian Environmental Ethic by Nisbert Taisekwa Taringa Pdf

This book is a critical comparative study of African (Shona) and Christian attitudes to nature. The purpose of initiating this discussion is to review the existing attitudes to nature in these two religions. This has important implications in an attempt to formulate a pubic environmental ethic in which traditional Shona and Christian adherents participate. This is crucial in the light of the ongoing inequity and ecological imbalance in Zimbabwe.

Author : Ebenezer Yaw Blasu
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532683633

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African Theocology by Ebenezer Yaw Blasu Pdf

There is probably no set of issues of greater importance in the contemporary world than those that are to do with the Earth on which we live and depend. The more alienated we become from it the more we contribute to our own destruction. Christianity's complicity in this destruction is well-documented and hotly debated. Africa can ill afford to fall into the same trap that Western Christianity has in this regard. One senses the urgency of these concerns in Blasu's African Theocology: Studies in African Religious Creation Care. Extremely well-informed in the field, Blasu not only draws on the three major religions in Africa--Christianity, Islam, and African traditional religion--but demonstrates familiarity with the most important recent contributions in the field from Western scholarship. With its emphasis on pedagogics, African Theocology will play a seminal role in the construction of curricula for an African Christian theology of the environment and is sure to be an essential contribution to all libraries in institutions of higher learning.

Author : Stan Chu Ilo
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666799774

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African Ecological Ethics and Spirituality for Cosmic Flourishing by Stan Chu Ilo Pdf

This is the definitive African text on ecological ethics, African environmental spirituality, a theology of creation, and climate justice. The contributors to this important volume explore the common threats facing this earth our common home and the particular threats facing Africa because of our sick environment, unsustainable development practices, and the false narratives and programs of modernity in the African Motherland. Here, African environmentalists, theologians, and peace advocates in conversation with Pope Francis's Laudato Si', develop a roadmap for pastoral, local, and global education on ecological consciousness in order to bring about ecological conversion. African ecological wisdom is also offered as indispensable resources for recovering the intimate connection of all creatures and all peoples and as a praxis of solidarity for the poor, and our fragile earth.

Author : David G. Hallman
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781606089095

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Ecotheology by David G. Hallman Pdf

A new and urgent item on the agenda of churches around the world is the theological and ethical dimensions of the ecological crisis. Highlighted by the United Nations Earth Summit in Brazil, the issues covered in this volume raise unavoidable and fundamental questions of the life-style and Christian witness in the face of threats to the very survival of humankind and planet Earth. The groundbreaking essays by more than two-dozen contributors in this book are divided into five sections: biblical witness, theological challenges, insights from ecofeminism, insights from indigenous people, and ethical implications. Contributors include: JosŽ P. M. Cunanan, Philippines; Margot Kaessmann, Germany; Renthy Keitzar, India; K. C. Abraham, India; Tony Brun, Costa Rica; Milton B. Efthimiou, United States; Wesley Granberg-Michaelson, World Council of Churches; Kwok Pui-lan, Hong Kong; Larry Rasmussen, United States; Samuel Rayan, India; M. Adebisi Sowunmi, Nigeria; Tsehai Berhane-Selassie, Ethiopia; Chung Hyun Kyung, South Korea; Aruna Gnanadason, India; Anne Primavesi, United Kingdom; Rosemary Radford Ruether, United States; Rob Cooper, New Zealand; Stan McKay, Canada; George Tinker, United States; Edward Antonio, Zimbabwe; Leonardo Boff, Brazil; M. L. Daneel, South Africa; David G. Hallman, Canada; Dieter T. Hessel, United States Catherine Keller, United States.

Author : M. Christian Green,Muhammed Haron
Publisher : African Sun Media
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781928480570

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Law, Religion and the Environment in Africa by M. Christian Green,Muhammed Haron Pdf

This volume explores themes of ecotheology, ecofeminism, environmental pollution and degradation, climate change, human and environmental rights, sustainable development, human-animal relations through totem and taboo, sacred sites and spaces, and other environmental topics in ways that add immeasurably to the study of African environmentalisms and the interaction of law and religion. In terms of religion, the capability of humans not only to sin and destroy the earth, but also to repair and redeem it, is very much in evidence across Christianity, Islam and Africa’s many indigenous religious and cultural traditions. In terms of law, the need for effective policies and for states and governments to work with indigenous groups and communities towards environmental solutions is also apparent.

Author : Levente Hufnagel
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781803554358

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Ecotheology by Levente Hufnagel Pdf

Ecotheology - Sustainability and Religions of the World gives a very interesting overview of the frontiers of scientific research in this important multi- and transdisciplinary area. Its chapters use ecotheological approaches to discuss the multiple aspects of an environmental crisis from almost every segment of our planet. This book will be very useful for everyone – researchers, teachers, students, or others interested in the field – who would like to gain some insights into this aspect of our culture.

Author : Kaoma, Kapya J.
Publisher : Kachere Series
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789990802627

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God's Family, God's Earth by Kaoma, Kapya J. Pdf

This book explores how the mounting ecological crisis has religious, political, and economic roots that enable and promote social and environmental harm. It presents the thesis that religious traditions, including their ethical expressions, can effectively address the crisis, ameliorate its effects, and advocate social and environmental betterment, now and in the future. The ecological overtones of African traditional religions and Christianity are examined along with a discussion on African morality. Recognition is given to the conflict between ecological values and religious teachings in an examination contrasting the awareness of socio-economic problems caused by overpopulation.