No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. Copyright of Colloquium: The Australian & New Zealand Theological Review is the property of Australian & New Zealand Society for Theological Studies and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission.The treatises draw on, and are representative of, a strong Christian trajectory which can undergird a revitalised theology of matter that might enable a Christian response to the present ecological crisis. If the material world is intrinsically good, then it is to be respected and cared for, a notion which contests positivist or mechanised worldviews that have sanctioned environmental neglect or abuse. The treatises argue in favour of the making and veneration of images and suggest that because matter is divinely created and indwelled, it is inherently good. One set of Christian texts that portrays the material world in a positive way is the Three Treatises on the Divine Images by John of Damascus. Ecological theology endorses the importance of viewing the created world kindly and benevolently. Abstract: Ecologically related discourse generally argues that changed human behaviour is necessary for addressing the environmental crisis and that a view that the natural world is worthy and essentially good encourages people to live sustainably.
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