A Study On The Eco-justice In Christianity

The thought of eco-justice in Christianity emerged in the 1960s.It is a theory achievement integrating ecology, justice and Christianity faith by western scholars.Chriatisnity was criticised by the ecoligical crisis,modern and contemporary Christian scholoars mainly explores the status of creation in Christian theology by integrating Christian resources of environmental ethics.And it exams the question of eco-justice by combining Christian resources of environmental ethics and it explores the relationship between human being and nature under the perspective of Christian theology. And it constructs the idea of eco-justice of the "integrity of creation" by virtue of the holistic exist of human being and the creation.To explain ethical meaning of redemption of human being and nature in common, the tradition of Christianity concerning of justice and shalom,and the greening trend of Christianity in the ecological movemen.So the writer think it is a beneficial theory attempt,which discusses ecological problem with the perspective of Christianity.Not only it explains the eco-justice thought of Christianity,but also probes its values for the extension of eco-justice theory.In other words, the happen of ecological crisises supplied chance that people understood Christianity from the justice perspective.It manifasted the ethics meaning that Christianity pursued justice of social and ecology.The thought of eco-justice in Christianity beyond historical perspective of tradition theology and it extends concern and Agape to all creation. Not only it extends the modern and contemporary western theory of eco-justice, but also reflects the double concerns both the ecology and the ethics during the course greening of Christianity. And it supplies the rich resources of Christian for the construct of eco-justice.The article consists of the instruction, five system discusses and conclusions.The introduction overviews the backgrounds and meanings of choosing this theme, the research reviews presents conditions analysis at home and abroad.And it explains research method, innovation and its deficiencies.Chapter One sketchs out the backgrounds and the resources of eco-justice in Christianity.Western social starts deep reflection for the origin of ecological crisis in 1960s and put the blame directly to Christianity. And the part empathatically analyses the ecological blames of Christianity. And for it the Christian thinkers began reflects traditional Christian, classic scriptures and discusses relative doctrines.In other words, it starts the ecological reformation of modern and contemparay in the course of western eco-justice movement. And it emerges varity of struggles of intrgration Christianity faith, ecology and justice. Not only it is a part of the theory and pratice of ethical idea of Christianity, but also it enables formation of thought of eco-justice in Christianity.Chapter Two discusses two fields of eco-justice in Christianity that is human being and nature. And how to know human being and nature, and the relationship between of them, it decides corresponding responsibility of human being in eco-justice. However, how to know the status of nature, it decides whether the eco-justice constructs.The intrinsic value of nature is a significant content of eco-justice in Christianity and first of all explains basic opinions.And it illuminates the specific express respect for nature of Christianity.Chapter Three addressed comprehensively several significant concepts about the eco-justice in Christianity, the holistic justice and tradition of holistic. Firstly, it focuses on several concepts such as shalom, wisdom and redemption and perceives the four concepts is different aspects of the eco-justice in Christianity.Secondly, it elaborated the thought of holistic justice in the Bible, ecological ethical principles. Lastly, it discusses holistic idea of the eco-justice in Christianity, which is the Perichoresis between God and nature, the holistic tradition of body, the holistic thinking of Trinity and the thinking of intrinsic relation.Chapter Four deeply explored deeply the idea of the eco-justice in Christianity from ethics dimension of virtue. Since the meaning of justice refers to moral virtue that human being familiar with in one usage. And the holistic is the focus of ecology ethics. The chapter emphatically explored ethic virtues such as Agape virtue, universal spirit of justice, owe and moderate with the perspective of virtue. And it manifests practical significance of the eco-justice in Christianity for the contemporary construct of ecological ethics. At last it reasonably remained three ethics modes of dominion, stewardship and common creation. And it is of the positive meaning for eco-justice’s construct.Chapter Five explained the feature of postmodern of eco-justice in Christianity, that is to say harmonious co-existness both human being and nature. It emphatically analyses the common principles of toward to the other. Lastly, it explains the thought of the new heaven and the new earth in Eschatology and it is ecological idea that expresses an ideal condition con-existness between human being and nature.Conclusion summizes the ethics of eco-justice in Christianity, the article’s value for contemporary theory of eco-justice.