The global citizen and religious position statements on climate change
Social Studies Research and Practice
ISSN: 1933-5415
Article publication date: 13 August 2019
Issue publication date: 20 September 2019
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to discuss opportunities to analyze religious position statements calling climate change action a moral imperative.
Design/methodology/approach
In a lesson suited for the secondary history classroom, students will analyze how religious leaders, theologians and ecological and religious academics use passages from sacred texts to establish a moral urgency to mitigate climate change.
Findings
After analyzing these interpretations of sacred writings from five global faiths (Hinduism, Judaism, Catholicism, Islam and Anglicanism), the lesson centers on a dialogical question, “How might climate change action be influenced by religious texts?”
Originality/value
Implications emphasize why social studies teachers should not teach climate change as a controversial issue.
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Citation
Shuttleworth, J.M. and Wylie, S. (2019), "The global citizen and religious position statements on climate change", Social Studies Research and Practice, Vol. 14 No. 2, pp. 212-224. https://doi.org/10.1108/SSRP-05-2019-0028
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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