Preparing them from home : a discourse on christian parental responsibility towards ecological crisis

Few studies have discussed the roles of parents towards addressing ecological crisis. Yet, discourses on these roles have always been approached from a secular perspective. To this end, this paper critically discusses the roles of parents towards ecological crisis from the Christian or biblical pers...

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Veröffentlicht in:Hervormde teologiese studies 2017, Vol.73 (3), p.1-6
Hauptverfasser: Nche, George C., Okwuosa, Lawrence N., Nweze, Stanley N.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Few studies have discussed the roles of parents towards addressing ecological crisis. Yet, discourses on these roles have always been approached from a secular perspective. To this end, this paper critically discusses the roles of parents towards ecological crisis from the Christian or biblical perspective of their responsibilities towards their children. Using a hermeneutic phenomenological method of analysis, the article argues that ecological disasters of tomorrow could be prevented today through effective ecologically centred Christian parenting.
ISSN:0259-9422
2072-8050
2072-8050
DOI:10.4102/hts.v73i3.4729