Religion and Environmental Ethics

Abstract

The growth and development of science and the advancement of technology with all its consecutive and destructive forces have made the problems of environment, and of the relationship between man and nature, increasingly important. Along with the growth, man has been trying to control and master nature and there by make us of nature. This has led to exploitation and pollution of nature, which has all along been nourishing, protective, sheltering, life-giving, creative and methanal. This kind of disharmony between man and nature has led to the problem of environmental degradation, a basic threat to global living. This threat will infinitely increase so long as we do not find a way out.