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Preparing them from home: A discourse on Christian parental responsibility towards ecological crisis

George C. Nche, Lawrence N. Okwuosa, Stanley N. Nweze
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies | Vol 73, No 3 | a4729 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v73i3.4729 | © 2017 George C. Nche, Lawrence N. Okwuosa, Stanley N. Nweze | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 05 July 2017 | Published: 17 November 2017

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George C. Nche, Department of Religion and Cultural Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
Lawrence N. Okwuosa, Department of Religion and Cultural Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
Stanley N. Nweze, Department of Religion and Cultural Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

Abstract

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.

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