Open AccessThe theological responses to the socio-economic activities that undermine water as a resource
Author(s) -
Thomas Resane
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
hts teologiese studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.282
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2072-8050
pISSN - 0259-9422
DOI - 10.4102/hts.v66i1.328
Subject(s) - anthropocentrism , environmental ethics , perspective (graphical) , stewardship (theology) , relation (database) , solidarity , interdependence , reading (process) , sociology , ecological crisis , resource (disambiguation) , position (finance) , epistemology , political science , law , philosophy , social science , business , politics , computer network , finance , database , artificial intelligence , computer science
This article focuses, from a theological perspective, on both the ecological crisis and the
politico-economic dealings in relation to water – especially with regard to the unsound ways in
which governments deal with this resource. Texts are read from an anthropogenic perspective, as opposed to an anthropocentric one. Such a reading scenario calls for responses from theology with regard to the human position in creation. Humans are not a grand master plan of creation, but the completion and fulfilment of it, given an enormous sense of responsibility for the earth. The article argues that the human–earth relation should be understood from the point of responsibility based on solidarity, interdependency and stewardship. Theologians are challenged to embrace eco-ethics