Publication Type
Book Chapter
Version
submittedVersion
Publication Date
12-2019
Abstract
Awareness of environmental degradation, culminating in the broad global transformations of human-caused climate change, is no longer a peripheral issue. And while there may be some debate of climate change, a simple denial is no longer an option in light of the data and the agreement of 97 per cent of scientists. In light of the sheer magnitude of the challenge, which has the potential to threaten human survival, much of what we know must be rethought, including traditional academic disciplines. In this essay, an environmental sociologist and a theologian enter into a conversation with environmental economists and others concerned about the relation of ecology, economics and religion for the sake of developing constructive proposals for the way forward....
Keywords
environmental degradation, climate change, global transformations, human-caused, awareness, denial, data, scientists, magnitude, challenge, human survival, traditional academic disciplines, environmental sociologist, theologian, environmental economists, ecology, economics, religion, constructive proposals
Discipline
Place and Environment | Religion
Research Areas
Sociology
Publication
T&T Clark companion on Christian theology and climate change
Editor
Ernst M. Conradie and Hilda P. Koster
First Page
53
Last Page
64
ISBN
9780567675163
Identifier
10.5040/9780567675187.0013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Citation
RIEGER, Annika Marie, & RIEGER, Joerg. (2019). Working with environmental economists. In T&T Clark companion on Christian theology and climate change (pp. 53-64). : Bloomsbury Publishing.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3858
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Authors
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
http://doi.org/10.5040/9780567675187.0013