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Religious Environmentalism in the West. II: Impediments to the Praxis of Christian Environmentalism in Australia
Author(s) -
Douglas Steve
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
religion compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.113
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 1749-8171
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-8171.2009.00162.x
Subject(s) - environmentalism , praxis , mainstream , rhetoric , environmental ethics , sociology , political science , social science , theology , philosophy , law , politics
This article follows my earlier survey of the phenomenon and literature of Christian environmentalism in the West (Douglas 2009). I concluded that the literature of religious environmentalism has only recently begun to address the process of converting ecotheology into praxis. In this article, I present some significant factors that impede the conversion of ecotheology and associated symbolic policy and rhetoric, into operational policies and praxis, drawing on a case study of mainstream Christian denominations in Australia.