Is Ecology a Theological Issue? The World Council of Churches Promoting the Respect of Creation Cover Image

Czy ekologia to problem teologiczny? Światowa Rada Kościołów na rzecz poszanowania stworzenia
Is Ecology a Theological Issue? The World Council of Churches Promoting the Respect of Creation

Author(s): Przemysław Kantyka
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Systematic Theology
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: World Council of Churches; ecology; creation; responsibility; environment

Summary/Abstract: The article aims to answer the question why ecology is also a theological question. The source of these inquiries are the documents of the World Council of Churches (WCC). Ecology is one of the theological issues, as long as the deliberations of the subject are based on theological anthropology, in which man is perceived as a collaborator of God in the deed of creation and as someone bearing moral responsibility for preserving the integrity of creation. Documents of the WCC contain deepen analyses of the considerable ecological threats facing the Earth as human habitat. On the basis of theological anthropology various WCC teams and commissions elaborate the position of the member Churches by means of many programs of studies.

  • Issue Year: 63/2017
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 157-166
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish
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