Dumping Sites, Witches and Soul-Pollution
The generation of waste and how to manage it pose challenges to municipal and district authorities in many parts of the world. In the African context, poverty, bad management practices, and increasing consumerist culture have conspired to render the situation even more complex. Complicating the situ...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2018
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| Dans: |
Worldviews
Année: 2018, Volume: 22, Numéro: 1, Pages: 84-103 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Ghana
/ Élimination des déchets
/ Symbolisme
/ Dégât environnemental
/ Christianisme
/ Religion populaire
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociologie des religions BS Religions traditionnelles africaines CH Christianisme et société KBN Afrique subsaharienne NCC Éthique sociale NCG Éthique de la création; Éthique environnementale RG Aide spirituelle; pastorale |
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waste
Africa
Ghana
pollution
religion
Christian
eco-theological ethics
pastoral theology
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Résumé: | The generation of waste and how to manage it pose challenges to municipal and district authorities in many parts of the world. In the African context, poverty, bad management practices, and increasing consumerist culture have conspired to render the situation even more complex. Complicating the situation further is the addition of synthetic and electronic waste, non-biodegradable and, in several cases, hazardous. Drawing on personal first hand experiences in Ghana from the perspective of a pastor and a scholar of religious studies, the author reflects on contemporary waste and its (mis)management in Africa and how these affect the dignity and security of present and future generations. He draws on relevant theological motifs from Christianity and indigenous African religious beliefs and practices as well as insights from sociology and eco-theological ethics to analyse the challenge and explore ways in which African Christian public opinion may be mobilized to help address the challenge. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5357 |
| Contient: | In: Worldviews
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685357-02201003 |