RELG 270 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Overconsumption, Tawhid, Deep Ecology
27 Feb 2017
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Cairo, muslim capitol, has second most pollution in world. Therefore islam plays a big role in environment. Again, retrieving the fundamentals of islam to be more environmentally. Everything on earth was created by god. Everything that god creates reflects his sacredness. Every thing on earth worships the same god friendly (cid:523)don"t need a new theology(cid:524) (cid:498))n progressive )slam, the connection and linkage between nature and other. Creatures of god lie at the centre of the theology and social existence(cid:499) (193) Protect nature b/c it"s a reflection of god (cid:523)not because it"s sacred in itself(cid:524) (cid:498)shallow(cid:499) ecology: earth is not sacred humans are distinct and have a. All created are equal a unified class of (cid:498)created(cid:499) Transcendental view of nature to attribute sacredness to nature is to. Chapter looks at how tawhid creates an ecological ethic. There is a dualism: between creator and creature. But humans live within the universe special place on earth.
