Talk:Religion and ecology

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[edit] Adequate title and topic

Greetings. I see no need to merge this with Ecotheology. This article may cover may aspects of religion other than theology. For instance, it may cover religious ethics, prayer, holy sites, and religious law. Furthermore, as noted in the current lead, it's an academic discipline different than ecotheology. Since I haven't seen any other discussion of the merger question, at either article, I'm inclined to remove the tag. Thanks. HG | Talk 17:33, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Neutrality tag

Hi. It would be helpful if whoever added the POV tag would explain the reasons for the tag. Otherwise, it's hard for other editors to know what you think needs to be addressed. Please cite specific neutrality problems. Thanks. HG | Talk 04:51, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

The article doesn't address the cornucopian perspective on the issues surrounding religion and ecology. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.217.6.3 (talk) 05:02, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. I suppose two follow-up q's would be in order. Where in the article do you think this perspective should be added (or where is it missing)? How is this perspective articulated by or about religions, so that it would fit within the religious aspect of this topic? Thanks. HG | Talk 05:21, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm not the OP, but I'm fairly certain that the cornucopian view is evident within several Christian traditions, at least historically, if not presently in some as well. However, I don't think that view is particularly religious/faith-based in origin, but rather a product of differing economic views regarding resource sustainability that come from more secular origins. I'm not sure how much of a stretch it would be or how much digging would have to be done to make a non-spurious connection between one's economic views and one's religion. Because, certainly, there are atheist cornucopians. LaMenta3 (talk) 20:29, 9 January 2008 (UTC)