Atmospheres of Synergy

Towards an Eco-Theological Aesth/Ethics of Space

Authors

  • Sigurd Bergmann Norwegian University of Science and Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ecot.2006.11.3.326

Keywords:

space, environmentalism, phenomenology, pneumatology, ethics, easthetics

Abstract

This essay moves the theme of space, place and surrounding from the margins to the centre of Religious Studies/Theology and Environmental Science. After a survey of diverse concepts of space in science, religion and environmentalism, which challenge scholars to explore the ‘trialectics’ of religion at a deeper level, it proceeds to a detailed presentation and discussion of three elaborated approaches in phenomenology, aesth/ethics and anthropology. After having drawn together the three and related them to the study of religion and environment, the third section proposes a reformulation of the agenda of science with regard to nature, religion and
Europe. In conclusion, a pneumatological miniature will suggest a direction for further Christian reflection concerning the salvation of Creation, in synergy with the Spirit of Space.

Author Biography

Sigurd Bergmann, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Archaeology and Religious Studies, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway

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Published

2006-08-24

How to Cite

Bergmann, S. (2006). Atmospheres of Synergy: Towards an Eco-Theological Aesth/Ethics of Space . Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, 11(3), 326–356. https://doi.org/10.1558/ecot.2006.11.3.326

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