Humans were made in the image and likeness of an active and creative God, and are called to be active and creative amd to exercise sterwardship over the worlds resources and creatures stewardship implies a responsibility to respect the integrity of creation, to care for the earth and to use its gifts wisely. The CCT (Catholic-Christian Tradition) faces an environmental challenge where certain pressure groups or individuals are trying to influence the CCT to respond to the environmental crisis (EC).
The ex is an effect that has challenged the CCT. Other challenges include the indulgences in the middle ages, ungust wars and immigration.
The EC is a challenge because society is destroyinh nature, therefore society is destroying ourselves and losing religion in the process. Also in 1967, Lynn White a scientist that the Judeo-Christian interpretation of the Genesis creation stories had a great influence to the environmental crisis.
Historical, Social and Religious Context.
The Industrial Revolution of the 19th Centure brought about significant changes to the way humans interact with the environment. The increase in urban population had continued causing a great increase in air pollution from cars, factories, heating etc. More and more natural vegetation was being cleared for timber and living space as the social context of localization and population occurred. Immigration was caused as overpopulation occurred and many cultures combined, causing lack of cultural diversity.
Greed, power, money and were what happened as developments into "luxury" lifestyles meant an increase in waste from packaged goods, new technology, burning of fossil fuels and other toxins into our environment. .
In the 1970's-80's our knowledge of the effects of the environmental damage became clearer. Acid rain caused by air pollution was killing forests and damaging buildings. Soil degredaytion occurred because of chemicals and overuse.