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Stewardship is a theological belief that humans are responsible for the world, humanity, and the gifts and resources that have been entrusted to us.Believers in stewardship are usually people who believe in one God who created the universe and all that is within it, also believing that they must take care of creation and look after it.
Christian views on environmentalism vary greatly amongst different Christians and Christian denominations. Green Christianity is a broad field that encompasses Christian theological reflection on nature , liturgy , and spiritual practices centered on environmental issues , as well as Christian-based activism in the environmental movement .
In modern theology, theocentrism is often linked with stewardship and environmental ethics or Creation care. [2] It is the belief that human beings should look after the world as guardians and therefore in the way God wants them to. Humans should be considerate to all, from animals to plants to humans themselves.
Christian views on poverty and wealth vary. At one end of the spectrum is a view which casts wealth and materialism as an evil to be avoided and even combated. At the other end is a view which casts prosperity and well-being as a blessing from God.
Evangelical environmentalism is an environmental movement in which some Evangelical Christian organizations have emphasized biblical mandates concerning humanity's role as steward and subsequent responsibility for the care taking of Creation.
Environmental theology generally must include an understanding of God's relationship to the cosmos or Creation, a cosmology. Robert J. Jacobus divides the possibilities into three basic views of God’s physical relationship with the environment. [4]
Ecotheology is a form of constructive theology that focuses on the interrelationships of religion and nature, particularly in the light of environmental concerns.Ecotheology generally starts from the premise that a relationship exists between human religious/spiritual worldviews and the degradation or restoration and preservation of nature.
Buddhist monks in Cambodia on a march in the Areng Valley in support of environmental conservation.. Religion and environmentalism is an emerging interdisciplinary subfield in the academic disciplines of religious studies, religious ethics, the sociology of religion, and theology amongst others, with environmentalism and ecological principles as a primary focus.