Christian Faith in Creation for Environmental Ethics and Climate Protection

Abstract

The paper examines the practical consequences of Christian faith in creation for environmental ethics and climate protection. Both are interpreted as a practical form of faith in creation, distinguishing between faith in creation and reflected theology of creation. Methodologically, the article proceeds by interpreting classical statements of the Bible and the Christian tradition in light of modern insights. The article pays special attention to the conversation between creation theology and modern evolutionary theory. In this context, the problem of theodicy is posed in a new way. The author criticizes tendencies to reduce the faith in creation to ethics. In the Christian tradition, he interprets faith in God as a form of courage based on presuppositions that are not absorbed in anthropology and ethics. Christian faith does not produce, but proclaims a meaning of life and of the world, which can come to both only from God and will endure even in view of the possible self-destruction of mankind. This conviction has ethical implications and consequences for a realistic commitment to environmental protection. On the one hand it is motivating, on the other hand it is critical of an apocalyptic view of the world and its consequences.

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“…From the divine perspective, revelation is progressive; from the human perspective, religion might be 190 │ ISSN 2715-9701 (online) described as evolved (Barton, 1912c). Religion is viewed from a human perspective and understood as a human response to God's revelation (Coburn, 1996;Veitch, 1971); the system of faith and rules of relationship between humans and humans and humans and the environment (Boettcher, 2022;Dien, 1997;Körtner, 2022); and belief, the attitude of worship or worship of the divine (the service and worship of the divine or supernatural through a system of attitudes, beliefs, and practices) (Hess, 2007). Israel's religion focuses on the Israelites' beliefs, attitudes, devotion, or worship of the Divine (Hess, 2007).…”