Eco-theological Responses to Climate Change in Oceania

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This paper explores eco-theological responses to climate change in Oceania. First, we review central texts in the contextual theological tradition in Oceania, focusing on recent responses to climate change. This points to a body of theological texts integrating climate change into a broader effort to reform classical theologies and church practices. Secondly, we identify challenges facing the contextual theologies, among them recent claims about climate-change-denying responses by Biblicist Christians in the Pacific region. These challenges apart, we suggest, thirdly, that the churches are important actors in the cultural modeling of climate change. We highlight the uniqueness of Christian narratives from the Pacific region, while alluding to the fact that literal interpretations of scriptures are influential in many other parts of the world too.
Original languageEnglish
JournalWorldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology
Volume20
Issue number2
Pages (from-to)150-168
ISSN1363-5247
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Publication statusPublished - 2016

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