Abstract
This paper will discuss the effects of anthropocentrism in Christian theology, doctrine, and environmentalism. The development and history of Christian environmentalism will be examined, with emphasis on the time since the 1960s, when environmentalism came to the forefront in the Western world. Alternative interpretations and worldviews, mainly ecocentrism and biocentrism, will be considered and compared to the prevalent anthropocentric view. I will close with a presentation of two possible means for developing a Christian ecological theology without anthropocentrism. An environmental position most coherent with Christian principles will be left open to the reader; my purpose is to examine the impact of anthropocentrism and to present alternatives that have the potential to create a Christian ethic which values and supports environmental efforts more effectively and purposefully than currently done.
Recommended Citation
Grasse, Alexis
(2016)
"The Impact of Anthropocentrism on Christian Environmentalism,"
Dialogue & Nexus: Vol. 3, Article 18.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/dialogue/vol3/iss1/18
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