The theological responses to the socio-economic activities that undermine water as a resource

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

 
 
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Title The theological responses to the socio-economic activities that undermine water as a resource
 
Creator Resane, Thomas
 
Subject — creation; earth; economic activities; humans; nature; resources; theology; water
Description This article focuses, from a theological perspective, on both the ecological crisis and the politico-economic dealings in relation to water – especially with regard to the unsound ways in which governments deal with this resource. Texts are read from an anthropogenic perspective, as opposed to an anthropocentric one. Such a reading scenario calls for responses from theology with regard to the human position in creation. Humans are not a grand master plan of creation, but the completion and fulfilment of it, given an enormous sense of responsibility for the earth. The article argues that the human–earth relation should be understood from the point of responsibility based on solidarity, interdependency and stewardship. Theologians are challenged to embrace eco-ethics.
 
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Date 2010-06-02
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — —
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Identifier 10.4102/hts.v66i1.328
 
Source HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 66, No 1 (2010); 7 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422
 
Language eng
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 2010 Thomas Resane https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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