Eco-theology is a liberation theology that sees creation as being oppressed by humans. This oppression primarily takes the form of unsustainable exploitation of the Earth, but it can also be expressed in industrial animal farming and the mistreatment of animals. In response, eco-theologists seek to listen to the voice of the natural world and fight for its freedom from exploitation.
As a form of liberation theology, eco-theology supports peaceful action to correct the underlying injustice.
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When Christian theology fails to adapt to the cultural context healthily, it can lead to a loss of cultural relevance and the shrouding of the gospel light. Proper contextualisation is essential.
Ecotheology is a version of contextual theology, much like feminist and Latin American liberation theologies, which interprets Scripture and Christian tradition through a controlling paradigm.
As Stephen Bevans notes in his seminal work, Models of Contextual Theology, the Praxis Model “start[s] with the need either to adapt the gospel message of revelation or to listen to the context.” Theologies in the Praxis Model “take inspiration from neither classic texts nor classic behaviour but from present realities and future possibilities.”
Another essential presupposition of the Praxis Model is that God’s revelation is not static, contained in a finished canon; instead, God works throughout history in new and surprising ways. Revelation is available to all people at all times in the same way; God’s special revelation is no longer solely defined by male authors of the previous millennia. This is epistemologically different from fundamentalist evangelical theology practised in many protestant churches. Ecotheology is a praxis-oriented theology.
A representative articulation of the theological presuppositions of eco-theology can be found in these six ecojustice principles: