Religious Leaders and the Environmental Crisis
Despite the presence of forward-looking religious leaders at higher levels, there is little recognition and understanding among local-level leaders about climate change and the irreversible impacts of global warming. This article illustrates this lack of insight among religious leaders and provides...
| Subtitles: | Ecumenical Forum |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2019]
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| In: |
The ecumenical review
Year: 2019, Volume: 71, Issue: 3, Pages: 344-355 |
| RelBib Classification: | BJ Islam KBL Near East and North Africa NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics RB Church office; congregation |
| Further subjects: | B
Islam
B Religious leaders B Sustainability B Environment (Art) B religious events |
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| Summary: | Despite the presence of forward-looking religious leaders at higher levels, there is little recognition and understanding among local-level leaders about climate change and the irreversible impacts of global warming. This article illustrates this lack of insight among religious leaders and provides suggestions to increase their awareness of the environmental crisis and its solutions. It uses as examples Islamic teachings that Muslim muftis can use to protect the environment, and emphasizes religious leaders' influence, roles, and responsibility in establishing justice for the earth, for the next generations, and for all creation. Although most of the facts and examples in this article are from a Middle East and North Africa Region and Islamic perspective, its arguments can be applied generally. |
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| ISSN: | 1758-6623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The ecumenical review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/erev.12434 |