Teaching Environmental Activism and Ecological Hermeneutics

This article argues that ecological hermeneutics, when taught in the biblical studies classroom, needs to draw on its roots in environmental activism. It recommends prioritising the urgency of the contemporary crisis alongside activist ways to respond to it over the teaching of the history and metho...

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Autor principal:	R. B. Hamon
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	University of Sheffield 2020
Materias:	environmental activism ecological hermeneutics environmental humanities pedagogy The Bible BS1-2970
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8ea47e8cc9e24005887e32cae9e8de962021-11-18T14:47:02ZTeaching Environmental Activism and Ecological Hermeneutics2633-069510.17613/b08n-b697https://doaj.org/article/8ea47e8cc9e24005887e32cae9e8de962020-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://hcommons.org/deposits/view/hc:32438/CONTENT/5-hamon-environmental.pdf/https://doaj.org/toc/2633-0695This article argues that ecological hermeneutics, when taught in the biblical studies classroom, needs to draw on its roots in environmental activism. It recommends prioritising the urgency of the contemporary crisis alongside activist ways to respond to it over the teaching of the history and methodology of this approach. Singling out two topics, overpopulation and extinction of species, the article provides suggestions for resources on how to focus such teaching.R. B. HamonUniversity of Sheffieldarticleenvironmental activismecological hermeneuticsenvironmental humanitiespedagogyThe BibleBS1-2970ENJournal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 66-80 (2020)
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description	This article argues that ecological hermeneutics, when taught in the biblical studies classroom, needs to draw on its roots in environmental activism. It recommends prioritising the urgency of the contemporary crisis alongside activist ways to respond to it over the teaching of the history and methodology of this approach. Singling out two topics, overpopulation and extinction of species, the article provides suggestions for resources on how to focus such teaching.
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Teaching Environmental Activism and Ecological Hermeneutics

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