Toward A Theocentric Ecological Ethic of Inclusive Well-being

In spite of the public awareness of the ecological crisis, this crisis has increased over recent decades. The core of the ecological crisis lies in the complex realities of social injustice (i.e., corporate globalization) and environmental devastation (i.e., global warming).1 This complex crisis has been characterized under three dimensions as a crisis of participation, of survival and of emancipation.2 1 See Rosemary Ruether, Integrating Ecofeminism, Globalization and World Religion (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2005), ch.1; Bill McKibben, Fight Global Warming Now( New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2007). 2 Robyn Eckersley, Environmentalism and Political Theory: Toward an Ecocentric Approach (Albany: State University of New York, 1992), ch.1. The first participatory theme sees the ecological crisis as a matter of poor planning which can be resolved by technological advances and policy improvements. The second survival theme attempts to overcome the crisis of human survival with careful discussion of resource rationing, government intervention and population control.