About GEOENGINEERING, THEOLOGY, AND THE MEANING OF BEING HUMAN.
| Authors | Clingerman, Forrest |
|---|---|
| Date | 2014 |
| Publication | Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science |
| Publisher | Open Library of Humanities |
| Vol / Pages | Vol. 49 No. 1 pp. 6-21 |
| DOI | 10.1111/zygo.12072 |
| URL | https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=4d150842-eed6-3b43-9b67-7d25992e6abf |
| Language | eng |
Type: Journal Article
Tags: Climate change, Ecotheology, Environmental engineering, Global warming, Hermeneutics, Theological anthropology
Abstract
Because of the lack of a meaningful international response to global warming, geoengineering has emerged as a potential technological response to climate change. But, thus far, little attention has been given to how religion impacts our understanding of geoengineering. I defend the need to incorporate theological reflection in the conversation of geoengineering by investigating how geoengineering proposals contain an implicit anthropology. A significant framework for our assessment of geoengineering is the balance of human capability and fallibility-a balance that is at the center of theological and religious interpretations of the meaning of the human condition. Similarly, geoengineering challenges our past understandings of theological anthropology.