ECOTHEOLOGY – APPROACHES AND CONSIDERATIONS: A SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS IN CONTEMPORARY TIME

Abstract

Ecotheological authors guide us towards a sacred reinterpretation in favor of life, visualizing the Father in his creation and grasping the ‘signs oh the times’. Cosmic Christology, as portrayed by Chardin in the hyperphysical vision, posits that everything-particles, galaxies, plants, animals, and humankind-is a single, dynamic, envolving whole that will culminate at the Omega Point. The environmental crisis and climate change have become a matter of suvival; the pontiff urges reflexion on the battle for Market forces, greed, and the need for awarenes, and Ecotheology requires furthes study to raise this paintful understanding. The objective was: to systematically identify and analyse ecotheological issues and considerations. For this constructo, the methodology adopted a qualitative approach, na exploratory profile with bibliographic research inspired by the Holy Scriptures articles, theses, dissertations, and books. The research selected 21 journals in the fields of religious studies and interdisciplinar research, then collected 23 articles on ecotheology from the year 2000 onwards for systematic analysis. The study noted na increase in scientific production in ecotheology in contemporary times, with the main themes highlighted being ecotheology, theology, ecological crisis, and ecology. The most recurring themes then were: conversion, anthropocentrism, animal theology, Laudato Si’, Creation, human dignity, faith, eco-spirituality, decoloniality, and sustainability. Furthermore, the most productive authors in the fiel were: Afonso Tadeu Murad, Erasmo Aparecido Piccolo, and Zildo Gallo. Ecotheology is a truly prophetic revelation that comes from the global South, from the periphery, from the colonized, denoucing the imoral capitalista, greedy environmental exploitation that results in a civilizational crisis.