HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies (Dec 2023)

Marxist view on the religious ecological culture: A review of the western studies in religion and environment and their discourses

  • Chuanhui Zeng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v79i5.9244
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 79, no. 5
pp. e1 – e6

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The ecological crisis is related to religion that shapes the values, but its decisive factor is the inherent contradiction between the selfish logic of capital proliferation and the social public nature of the environment. The fundamental way to solve the ecological crisis is the domestic social reform, the coordination of international relations and the continuous development of science and technology. Guided by the social public agencies and scientific methods, religion can play a secondary constructive role in building the pro-ecological humanistic environment. Contribution: It is as I have known perhaps the initial attempt to deal with the question between religion and conservation from the perspective of Marxism, as a response to the colleagues from the West.

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