Revisiting the Discourse on Human-Nature Relationship in African Traditional Religion and the Responses to the Environmental Change
The pantheistic view of nature enshrined in African traditional religious beliefs and thought systems has propelled a myriad of African scholars to assume that the environmental ethical position of ATR on human-nature relations is environment-centered. This is a result of the ineptitude of some sch...
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The pantheistic view of nature enshrined in African traditional religious beliefs and thought systems has propelled a myriad of African scholars to assume that the environmental ethical position of ATR on human-nature relations is environment-centered. This is a result of the ineptitude of some scholars to critically analyze the complexity involved in the discourse on human-nature relations in traditional African religious beliefs, borne out of an ethnocentric mindset to eulogize ATR. An in-depth understanding of African traditional religious environmental ethics requires a full grasp of African ontology. On this note, to clear this age-old misconception about Traditional African notions on human-nature relations, this research aims at simplifying the complexity or ambiguity surrounding the discourse and brings to the fore the anthropocentric view of African Traditional Religion and environmental ethics on human-nature relations. The paper argues vehemently that African religious belief in human-nature relations is absolutely anthropocentric.
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| spelling | doaj.art-2eab063e3e7c40edaab20c7ec25ef7c82024-04-22T02:33:13ZengBangladesh Bioethics SocietyBangladesh Journal of Bioethics2226-92312078-14582022-03-0113110.62865/bjbio.v13i1.29Revisiting the Discourse on Human-Nature Relationship in African Traditional Religion and the Responses to the Environmental ChangeElizabeth Okon John0Nelson Robert Enang1Department of Religious and Cultural Studies, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, 540271, NigeriaDepartment of Philosophy, University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, 520003, Nigeria The pantheistic view of nature enshrined in African traditional religious beliefs and thought systems has propelled a myriad of African scholars to assume that the environmental ethical position of ATR on human-nature relations is environment-centered. This is a result of the ineptitude of some scholars to critically analyze the complexity involved in the discourse on human-nature relations in traditional African religious beliefs, borne out of an ethnocentric mindset to eulogize ATR. An in-depth understanding of African traditional religious environmental ethics requires a full grasp of African ontology. On this note, to clear this age-old misconception about Traditional African notions on human-nature relations, this research aims at simplifying the complexity or ambiguity surrounding the discourse and brings to the fore the anthropocentric view of African Traditional Religion and environmental ethics on human-nature relations. The paper argues vehemently that African religious belief in human-nature relations is absolutely anthropocentric. https://bjbio.bioethics.org.bd/index.php/BJBio/article/view/29AnthropocentrismAfrican OntologyHuman-Nature RelationEnvironmental ChangeEnvironmental Ethics |
| spellingShingle | Elizabeth Okon John Nelson Robert Enang Revisiting the Discourse on Human-Nature Relationship in African Traditional Religion and the Responses to the Environmental Change Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics Anthropocentrism African Ontology Human-Nature Relation Environmental Change Environmental Ethics |
| title | Revisiting the Discourse on Human-Nature Relationship in African Traditional Religion and the Responses to the Environmental Change |
| title_full | Revisiting the Discourse on Human-Nature Relationship in African Traditional Religion and the Responses to the Environmental Change |
| title_fullStr | Revisiting the Discourse on Human-Nature Relationship in African Traditional Religion and the Responses to the Environmental Change |
| title_full_unstemmed | Revisiting the Discourse on Human-Nature Relationship in African Traditional Religion and the Responses to the Environmental Change |
| title_short | Revisiting the Discourse on Human-Nature Relationship in African Traditional Religion and the Responses to the Environmental Change |
| title_sort | revisiting the discourse on human nature relationship in african traditional religion and the responses to the environmental change |
| topic | Anthropocentrism African Ontology Human-Nature Relation Environmental Change Environmental Ethics |
| url | https://bjbio.bioethics.org.bd/index.php/BJBio/article/view/29 |
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