can someone explain the Christian Environmental Ethics? i always get them confused with the Jewish environmental ethics
Hello
I might be able to help a bit (ie. show you a paragraph of an essay I wrote - received 20/20 overall). I highlighted in red the things that I think are the most important/main points.
Question:
Christianity is an authentic example of a thriving religious tradition. It offers both individual adherents and the Christian community meaningful rituals which are rich in symbol and clearly link to the principal beliefs of the tradition. Within the tradition, inspirational individuals and ideas offer models for thinking and for living. Finally, the ethical positions offered on significant issues speak to the realities of life in the twenty-first century.With reference to the statement above, and your own knowledge, assess Christianity as a dynamic religious tradition which has ongoing relevance in the lives of adherents....
Christianity provides its adherents with an ethical base in regards to significant issues facing modern society, particularly in regards to how we treat, and take care of the Earth’s environment in an era of climate change and the deterioration of the natural world. According to the statement, Christianity offers its adherents with “the ethical position offered on significant issues [that] speak to the realities of life in the twenty-first century.” The term environmental ethics is used to describe the ecological conscience or morality that reflects a commitment and responsibility towards the environment, our common home. As the threat of Climate Change is a highly significant and relevant issue within the 21st Century, and has been discussed – both positively and negatively – by a range of public figures such as politicians, celebrities, activists and even religious leaders, such as Pope Francis, it is clear that environmental ethics has ongoing relevance within the lives of 21st Century Christians.
The Christian Church has their own set of beliefs in regards to the maintenance of our environment, which is based upon the belief that the Earth is Gods creations, and that human beings were put on this earth in order to be its stewards. This is evident within Genesis, which focuses upon God’s creation of all things, particularly Genesis 2:15, where “the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.” This suggests that
God put humans upon this earth in order to take care and cultivate the land, for humans to use as we need, but not exploit it. This belief drives Christian environmental ethics, and is further emphasized by Pope Francis’s second encyclical paper Laudato si’: On Care For Our Common Home, which focuses upon the urgent need for environmental care, and heavily critiques the consumerism and irresponsible developments of the modern world. According to Pope Francis, “"Never have we so hurt and mistreated our common home as we have in the last two hundred years," calling upon Christians to push for better treatment of our natural world.
Pope Francis connects environmental ethics to other critical ethical teachings within Christianity, such as those to do with poverty, therefore further emphasizing the critical importance of environmental ethics within the daily lives of adherents. Therefore, it is evident through the ongoing relevance and significance of environmental ethics within the lives of Christians, it is clear that Christianity is a dynamic and living religious tradition that provides its adherents with guidelines upon how to act in modern situations.
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Theres probably a whole lot more you could talk about that I missed, but hopefully this helps you get started/clears some things up! I did Islam not Judaism as my other depth study, so I don't know how to differentiate them for you, but either way I hope this was useful! Good luck for the HSC xx
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