TY - JOUR
T1 - In Search of a Sustainable Society in Africa
T2 - Christianity, Justice, and Sustainable Peace in a Changing Climate
AU - Golo, Ben Willie Kwaku
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The violence which humankind has visited not only on the natural world but also on human populations has resulted in negative environmental change which in turn induces diverse forms of violence in Africa. This has been threatening a sustainable society and human flourishing in Africa. Invited as Christ's witnesses, Christians need to offer qualitative resources to forestall the violence that threatens human flourishing. What opportunities do these challenges offer Christian theologians and ethicists to provide life-transforming alternatives that enhance a sustainable African society? In this paper, I argue that considering the linkage between climate change and violence, a crucial transforming alternative towards a sustainable society in Africa is the quest for sustainable peace, realisable only within the context of justice (a just society)-specifically, climate and/or environmental justice. I intend to explore the Christian virtue of justice and its promise for a sustainable society, peace, and human flourishing in Africa.
AB - The violence which humankind has visited not only on the natural world but also on human populations has resulted in negative environmental change which in turn induces diverse forms of violence in Africa. This has been threatening a sustainable society and human flourishing in Africa. Invited as Christ's witnesses, Christians need to offer qualitative resources to forestall the violence that threatens human flourishing. What opportunities do these challenges offer Christian theologians and ethicists to provide life-transforming alternatives that enhance a sustainable African society? In this paper, I argue that considering the linkage between climate change and violence, a crucial transforming alternative towards a sustainable society in Africa is the quest for sustainable peace, realisable only within the context of justice (a just society)-specifically, climate and/or environmental justice. I intend to explore the Christian virtue of justice and its promise for a sustainable society, peace, and human flourishing in Africa.
KW - eco-justice
KW - environmental justice
KW - human flourishing
KW - negative climate change
KW - sustainable justice
KW - sustainable society
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U2 - 10.1163/23528230-08301005
DO - 10.1163/23528230-08301005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85047755898
SN - 0031-8035
VL - 83
SP - 68
EP - 89
JO - Philosophia Reformata
JF - Philosophia Reformata
IS - 1
ER -