CHRISTIANITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY: A SEARCH FOR INCLUSIVE AND PARTICIPATORY RESPONSE

Abstract

The global concern for the environment at this point in human history is gratifying. Environmental problems transcend national boundaries and jurisdictions. It is therefore imperative to seek collective solution to the challenges of environmental sustainability. In this regard, many initiatives had taken place. It is however sad to note that in these past initiatives, religious bodies and groups had been utterly neglected for the flimsy notion that religious involvement in environmental issues compromises objectivity. The age long view of Christianity’s anthropocentric stand also presents it as being uninterested in environmental matters and therefore an accomplice as far as ecological sin is concerned. The aim of this paper is therefore, to bring to the knowledge of the unenlightened, the evolutionary processes of Christianity’s involvement in environmental initiatives through the ages. The methodology used was critical review of eco-theological materials. The main thrust of the paper is that Christianity’s involvement could be an inspiration to environmental sustainability.