Biblical and Quranic Argumentation for Sustainable Behaviors Toward Nature

Ryszard F. Sadowski


Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Poland (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5452-2168

Zafer Ayvaz


Ege University, Izmir, Turkey (Turkey)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7284-2069

Abstract

We observe an ever-increasing role of religions in fighting the environmental crisis. Religious argumentation has enormous potential to shape the attitudes of the followers of religions. Applying this argumentation can signifi-cantly change attitudes towards the environment in the majority of the human population. Christianity and Islam together have over 4 billion followers. Here, we present seven common Biblical and Quranic issues that are key to human attitudes to nature. The conducted analysis leads to a surprising conclusion. The Bible and Quran similarly encourage their followers to build harmonious relations with the natural world.


Keywords:

religion and ecology, Christianity, Islam, Bible, Quran, environmental crisis, biblical argumentation, quranic argumentation

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2023-07-10

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Sadowski, R. F. ., & Ayvaz, Z. (2023). Biblical and Quranic Argumentation for Sustainable Behaviors Toward Nature. Problemy Ekorozwoju, 18(1), 152–163. https://doi.org/10.35784/pe.2023.1.15

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Ryszard F. Sadowski 

Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Poland Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5452-2168

Authors

Zafer Ayvaz 

Ege University, Izmir, Turkey Turkey
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7284-2069

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