EMNEKATALOG - Det teologiske Menighetsfakultetet

Emnekatalog: SAM5145SAM5145 - Religions facing the global ecological challengesEmneansvarlig:Gunnar Harald Heiene (Gunnar.Heiene@mf.no)Studiepoeng: 10Undervisningstermin:Vår (Uregelmessig)Avdelingstilhørighet:Avdelingsråd for religion og samfunnTillatte hjelpemidler ved eksamen: IngenGenerell informasjonReligious traditions have become increasingly engaged in addressing the serious ecological challenges that humanity presently isfacing. The active reflection within and among different churches and traditions worldwide is accompanied by practices and politicalactivism, and mirror a wide variety of approaches and patterns of understanding. The present elective aims at deepening theunderstanding of how different religious traditions, especially Christianity, presently relates to and interpret these challenges. Moreover,it addresses the different problems and difficulties these religious traditions face when they address problems which have hitherto notbeen dealt with, or previously identified as important.StudiekravTo complete the course, the student have to:- Write a book report 1200-2000 words from a limited part of the course syllabus. The topic of the report is selected in cooperation withthe professor and is graded pass/fail.- Participate in the evaluation of the curriculum and/or of the learning environment, if such evaluation is stipulated in the relevant termAvsluttende vurderingTo gain credit for the course SAM5145 the student must fulfill all the requirements and pass the written exam (6 hours). The exam isassessed with grades A-F.Mål og innholdThe study of how religious traditions respond to ecological challenges addresses both moral topics and topics related to theunderstanding of humanity and world-views that are of relevance when dealing with these issues.The students will demonstrate the following skills:- To understand the conditions and the problems related to how religious traditions engage with and respond to ecological challenges,by studying contextual samples- To discuss critically how it is possible to offer a theological warrant for addressing ecological issues- To demonstrate knowledge of different theories of environmental ethics- To understand and debate how religious traditions and churches in the present relate to ecological issues in theory and practice.LitteraturLITTERATUR/LITERATURE- "An excerpt" i:/in:/from: Christianity and ecology : seeking the well-being of earth and humans / Dieter T. Hessel et al. red./ed.Cambridge, Mass.: distributed by Harvard University Press for the Harvard University Center for the Study of World Religions, 2000,s./p. 515-614, ISBN/ISSN: 0-945454-19-8/0-945454-20-1- Berry, R. J., Environmental stewardship : critical perspectives, past and present London: T&T Clark Int., 2006, ISBN/ISSN:0-567-03018-0/0-567-03017-2- Gottlieb, Roger S., A greener faith : religious environmentalism and our planet's future New York: Oxford University Press, 2006,ISBN/ISSN: 0-19-517648-0/978-0-19-517648-3- Santmire, H. Paul, The travail of nature : the ambiguous ecological promise of Christian theology Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1985,ISBN/ISSN: 0-8006-2333-9/0-8006-1806-8