Koehrsen Jens, Blanc Julia, Huber Fabian
Center for Religion, Economy and Politics, University of Basel, Nadelberg 10, 4051 Basel, Switzerland.
Theological Faculty, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Z Relig Ges Polit. 2022;6(1):43-64. doi: 10.1007/s41682-021-00070-4. Epub 2021 Oct 1.
Scholarship has suggested a "greening" of religions, supposing that faith communities increasingly become environmentally friendly and use their potentials to address environmental challenges. This contribution points to the problems of the supposed "greening" by indicating the ongoing disagreements in many religious traditions over environmental engagement. The disagreements show that religious environmentalism is an embattled terrain that involves actors with different interests, backgrounds, and understandings of their traditions. The authors illustrate that tensions are an inherent part of religious environmentalism, becoming manifest in different views and theologies, ambivalences, misunderstandings, and sometimes mistrust. They distinguish between four types of tensions: (1) intradenominational tensions, (2) interdenominational tensions, (3) interreligious tensions, and (4) religious-societal tensions. By drawing attention to the tensions of religious environmentalism, this contribution sheds light on the struggles and limitations that religious environmentalists face in their ambitions to address climate change and other environmental challenges.
学术研究表明宗教出现了“绿化”现象，即假设宗教团体日益变得环保，并利用自身潜力应对环境挑战。本文通过指出许多宗教传统在环境参与方面持续存在的分歧，揭示了所谓“绿化”存在的问题。这些分歧表明宗教环境主义是一个充满争议的领域，涉及具有不同利益、背景以及对自身传统有不同理解的行为主体。作者阐明，紧张关系是宗教环境主义的固有组成部分，体现在不同的观点和神学理论、矛盾心理、误解，有时还体现在不信任上。他们区分了四种类型的紧张关系：（1）教派内部的紧张关系，（2）不同教派之间的紧张关系，（3）不同宗教之间的紧张关系，以及（4）宗教与社会之间的紧张关系。通过关注宗教环境主义的紧张关系，本文揭示了宗教环境主义者在应对气候变化和其他环境挑战的宏大目标中所面临的斗争和局限。
