hrvatski

Religijska sastavnica ekološke misli

In the present paper we will discuss some elements of the complex interrelationship between religion and environment, without pretending to be exhaustive with regard to the content of the theme. The particular emphasis we will put on Christian reflection on the relationship between man and nature, namely, man’s environment as his house and the temple of God, as indicated by the etymology of the Greek word οίκος - house. Nature is in fact viewed differently in different religious traditions. In the natural religions, like polytheistic one, the nature is an emanation of divinity which makes nature both sacred and taboo. It is filled with numerous deities and divine powers that affect humans. Vulnerable in front of nature, the man admires it and offers sacrifices. On the other hand, in the Judeo-Christian tradition, God created the world ex nihilo and ruled out every animism and pantheism. The crown of God's creation is man created in the image of God what makes him special among all the creatures and to whom is entrusted the garden of Eden, where he dwells, cultivates the land, and takes care of it. The biblical worldview is theocentric and anthropocentric. In fact, all creation and man are focused toward their Creator, God. The land is entrusted to man (dominium terrae), so that he is responsible for the entire world and he manages and controls the land and all the creatures. Man's dominion over the earth is relative because the land is not man's property, but man lives and operates in the community with all other creatures, and only God has power over all creation.

ekologija; religija; kršćanstvo;

nije evidentirano