Christianity, in contrast to ancient paganism and Asia's religions, has not only established a dualism of man and nature, but has also insisted that it is God's will that man exploit nature for his proper ends... Hence we shall continue to have
a worsening ecological crisis until we reject the Christian axiom that nature has no reason for existence, save to serve man.
We turn also to the power of a religious naturalism that emphasizes both the continuing transcendence of challenging ideals and the relative transcendence of surpassing resources to give us the challenge and the empowerment to undergo the drastic paradigm shifts which may be needed as we face our exponentially
worsening ecological crisis.
When I brought this piece back from Iceland in 2011, I was thinking about issues of dislocation, and about the difficulties in navigation as we look for an exit from
the worsened ecological crisis.
Not exact matches
The bloody conflict in Syria may
worsen a little - known
ecological and humanitarian
crisis across the border in Jordan, says Debora MacKenzie