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 argumentationReferences
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Ryszard F. SadowskiCardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Poland Poland
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