The Role of Religious Argumentation in Shaping Pro-ecological Attitudes of Christians in Poland
Religious arguments are an important factor influencing people’s daily choices. These choices result in, among others, relation to the natural environment and further contribute to improving or deteriorating its condition. This article is aimed at highlighting the ecological potential of Poles’ reli...
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Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
2020-03-01
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| description | Religious arguments are an important factor influencing people’s daily choices. These choices result in, among others, relation to the natural environment and further contribute to improving or deteriorating its condition. This article is aimed at highlighting the ecological potential of Poles’ religious argumentation by presenting common arguments based on their professed faith. In addition, this study presents religious arguments used in the statements made by official representatives of the Catholic Church in Poland on environmental issues and provides examples of religiously inspired initiatives for the environment undertaken by lay Christians. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9842bf1bbd95437ab1766a54c084c40e2025-02-02T04:02:17ZengUniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w WarszawieStudia Ecologiae et Bioethicae1733-12182020-03-0118110.21697/seb.2020.1.02The Role of Religious Argumentation in Shaping Pro-ecological Attitudes of Christians in PolandRyszard F. Sadowski0Faculty of Christian Philosophy, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw,Religious arguments are an important factor influencing people’s daily choices. These choices result in, among others, relation to the natural environment and further contribute to improving or deteriorating its condition. This article is aimed at highlighting the ecological potential of Poles’ religious argumentation by presenting common arguments based on their professed faith. In addition, this study presents religious arguments used in the statements made by official representatives of the Catholic Church in Poland on environmental issues and provides examples of religiously inspired initiatives for the environment undertaken by lay Christians.https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/seb/article/view/6093ecological crisisChristianityreligious argumentationPolandreligion and ecology |
| spellingShingle | Ryszard F. Sadowski The Role of Religious Argumentation in Shaping Pro-ecological Attitudes of Christians in Poland Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae ecological crisis Christianity religious argumentation Poland religion and ecology |
| title | The Role of Religious Argumentation in Shaping Pro-ecological Attitudes of Christians in Poland |
| title_full | The Role of Religious Argumentation in Shaping Pro-ecological Attitudes of Christians in Poland |
| title_fullStr | The Role of Religious Argumentation in Shaping Pro-ecological Attitudes of Christians in Poland |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Religious Argumentation in Shaping Pro-ecological Attitudes of Christians in Poland |
| title_short | The Role of Religious Argumentation in Shaping Pro-ecological Attitudes of Christians in Poland |
| title_sort | role of religious argumentation in shaping pro ecological attitudes of christians in poland |
| topic | ecological crisis Christianity religious argumentation Poland religion and ecology |
| url | https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/seb/article/view/6093 |
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