Год выпуска: 2010 Автор: Nisbert Taisekwa Taringa Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 180 ISBN: 9783843378642
Описание
Nature as an inter-religious issue has gained momentum over the last few years.This is a good sign because it reiterates the view that the global environmental crisis is fundamentally a moral and religious problem. We must investigate what different religions have to say to one another today that may clarify what it means to have a proper respect for the earth in our personal and social and economic choices. This book deals with a critical comparative correlational dialogue between Shona and Christian attitudes to nature.It examines the nature of conflict, criticism and complementarity between the two religions.It makes a case that the attitudes to nature of these religions can best complement each other in the framework of eco-spirituality as a minimum common ground. In this framework there is a possibility of an environmental ethic based on the intrinsic value of nature that traditional Shona adherents and Christians can share.The book''s argument is that whereas Christianity,...
