Current Disciplines and Worldviews are Insufficient to Address Sustainability Challenges

About Current Disciplines and Worldviews are Insufficient to Address Sustainability Challenges

Abstract

Modern society is confronted with grand sustainability challenges that are complex, interconnected, and multifaceted. Christian engineers working on solutions to sustainability problems are trained to address technical tradeoffs. However, neither academic disciplines nor traditional Christian theology provide adequate guidance for sustainability tradeoffs within and among the environmental, social, and economic arenas. A series of questions rooted in sustainability issues are used to demonstrate this gap. Finally, it is argued that a robust theology of corporate sin andnredemption is a first step to address the gap between the philosophical and theological frameworks we have and those that are needed to put humanity on a path toward sustainability.