"Signs of the Times" – a Theological Basis of Ecotheology and the Christian Competence within the Frame of the Environmental Discourse
The essay formulates four criteria for identifying the topos "signs of the times" and applies them for a specific Christian understanding of the ecological crisis. The aim of the argumentation is to decide why and in what way climate change, ecological degradation but also the new awarene...
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The essay formulates four criteria for identifying the topos "signs of the times" and applies them for a specific Christian understanding of the ecological crisis. The aim of the argumentation is to decide why and in what way climate change, ecological degradation but also the new awareness of the value of nature is a theological issue. The second part of the essay deals with the question which competence the churches can contribute to the ecological discourse of a pluralistic, partly secular or atheistic society. I speak also about the encyclical Laudato si’.
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| spelling | doaj-art-126cdeae692147a98d88e8e89955066c2025-02-03T18:49:01ZdeuCatholic Academy in WarsawWarszawskie Studia Teologiczne0209-37822719-75302020-12-0133210.30439/WST.2020.2.5"Signs of the Times" – a Theological Basis of Ecotheology and the Christian Competence within the Frame of the Environmental Discourse Markus Vogt0Munich University, Germany The essay formulates four criteria for identifying the topos "signs of the times" and applies them for a specific Christian understanding of the ecological crisis. The aim of the argumentation is to decide why and in what way climate change, ecological degradation but also the new awareness of the value of nature is a theological issue. The second part of the essay deals with the question which competence the churches can contribute to the ecological discourse of a pluralistic, partly secular or atheistic society. I speak also about the encyclical Laudato si’. https://czasopismowst.pl/index.php/wst/article/view/259ecological crisissigns of the timesenvironmental ethicsreligious experiencekairology“ecological calling” of Christians |
| spellingShingle | Markus Vogt "Signs of the Times" – a Theological Basis of Ecotheology and the Christian Competence within the Frame of the Environmental Discourse Warszawskie Studia Teologiczne ecological crisis signs of the times environmental ethics religious experience kairology “ecological calling” of Christians |
| title | "Signs of the Times" – a Theological Basis of Ecotheology and the Christian Competence within the Frame of the Environmental Discourse |
| title_full | "Signs of the Times" – a Theological Basis of Ecotheology and the Christian Competence within the Frame of the Environmental Discourse |
| title_fullStr | "Signs of the Times" – a Theological Basis of Ecotheology and the Christian Competence within the Frame of the Environmental Discourse |
| title_full_unstemmed | "Signs of the Times" – a Theological Basis of Ecotheology and the Christian Competence within the Frame of the Environmental Discourse |
| title_short | "Signs of the Times" – a Theological Basis of Ecotheology and the Christian Competence within the Frame of the Environmental Discourse |
| title_sort | signs of the times a theological basis of ecotheology and the christian competence within the frame of the environmental discourse |
| topic | ecological crisis signs of the times environmental ethics religious experience kairology “ecological calling” of Christians |
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