Environment and Religion

a soteriological approach

Authors

  • Alessandro Martins Gomes
  • Roberto Barroso da Rocha

Keywords:

Environment, Religion, Ethics

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to discuss the issue of the environment through a dialogue between religion and modernity, especially in the aspect of modernity crisis which causes harm to the environment, threatening natural resources and the survival of all living beings. It is to resume the contribution of religion as a way of changing paradigm in dealing with nature, as in modernity there is a clear departure from the sacred in function of science vision the religion as a backward step for humanity. Present population data and durability of natural resources and renewable resource alternatives that may be important in a potential paradigm shift in modern society. The research is a literature review based on data presented by Udías Vallina and other authors who describe the prospect of ecology and religion. The relevance of the research is the assumption of religion be an antidote to the ecological crisis, once it was considered something overcome by modernity.

Author Biographies

Alessandro Martins Gomes

Doutorando em Estudos Clássicos: Mundo Antigo na Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal. Mestre em Teologia nas Faculdades EST e em História do Império Português na Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. Especialista em História Antiga e Medieval, Metodologia do Ensino de História e Geografia e História do Brasil. Bacharel em Direito e Teologia pela EST.

Roberto Barroso da Rocha

Mestre em teologia e educação pela EST e professor da disciplina de Ensino Religioso. Doutorando em Estudo da Religião pela Universidade Católica Portuguesa de Braga.

Published

2022-04-27

How to Cite

Gomes, A. M., & Rocha, R. B. da. (2022). Environment and Religion: a soteriological approach. Identidade!, 20(2), 4–14. Retrieved from http://198.211.97.179/periodicos_novo/index.php/Identidade/article/view/1515