Volume 12, Issue 2, 2024
Relevance Of Religious Education For Climate Action.
EXRADALLENUM Olusegun Akinsanya, FADIPE Samuel Ayodele , & ADESOKAN Samson ‘Toyin
Abstract
Abstract
Religions have long had an impact on the way individuals and communities act around the world. Recently, propagating environmental protection and climate action has been a major factor in many faith based organizations. The paper looks into ways in which religious education could further influence climate action initiatives, and the potential implications of such actions. The paper also looks at various perspectives of religious education targeted at encouraging climate action. Through these perspectives, there can be gained an understanding of how religious education can influence people to contribute to environmental protection and climate action. This explanatory study presents the issues under consideration, thematically. This helps in providing insights on the current and potential relevance of religious education in aiding climate action and environmental protection. Overall, this paper investigates the relevance of religious education for climate action initiatives, and finds that there is a great deal of potential for religious education to be utilized in order to effectively encourage people to make contributions towards the protection of the planet.
Keywords
climate action, climate change, Christian religious education, climate protection, eschatology.
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