Original Research: Cross-cultural Religious Studies

Marxist view on the religious ecological culture: A review of the western studies in religion and environment and their discourses

Chuanhui Zeng
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies | Vol 79, No 5 | a9244 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v79i5.9244 | © 2023 Chuanhui Zeng | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 13 July 2023 | Published: 22 December 2023

About the author(s)

Chuanhui Zeng, Institute for Marxist Studies of Religion in New Era, Hangzhou City University, Hangzhou, China; and World Religions Institute, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China

Abstract

The ecological crisis is related to religion that shapes the values, but its decisive factor is the inherent contradiction between the selfish logic of capital proliferation and the social public nature of the environment. The fundamental way to solve the ecological crisis is the domestic social reform, the coordination of international relations and the continuous development of science and technology. Guided by the social public agencies and scientific methods, religion can play a secondary constructive role in building the pro-ecological humanistic environment.

Contribution: It is as I have known perhaps the initial attempt to deal with the question between religion and conservation from the perspective of Marxism, as a response to the colleagues from the West.


Keywords

ecological crisis; ecological civilisation; human and nature; the limits to growth; the Dao follows the law of nature

Sustainable Development Goal

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

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