Eco-theology Movements from India: Trajectories, Challenges, and Promises

George  Zachariah

doi:10.46567/ijt.v13i2.600

Authors

George Zachariah Trinity Methodist Theological College, New Zealand

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46567/ijt.v13i2.600

Keywords:

environmentalism, ecotheology, India, Indigenous, movements

Abstract

India has a long and diverse history of eco-theological thinking and praxis, and this essay attempts to identify and study those diverse trajectories of Indian eco-theologies. The essay further engages with different ecological philosophies and eco-justice movements from India and examines their impact on the politics of the Indian eco-theology movements. The essay concludes with a critical interrogation of the mainstream eco-theology movement in India and a re-vision of eco-theological imaginations and praxis, informed by subaltern and Indigenous perspectives.

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Author Biography

George Zachariah, Trinity Methodist Theological College, New Zealand

George Zachariah is from India and teaches at the Trinity Methodist Theological College in Auckland, Aotearoa, New Zealand. Starting his ministry with the Student Christian Movement and different grassroots social movements in India, Zachariah then graduated from the United Theological College, Bangalore, India (BD), the Union Theological Seminary, New York (STM), and the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (PhD). After completing doctoral research, he served at the Gurukul Lutheran Theological College and Research Institute, Chennai, India, and the United Theological College, Bangalore, India. His research interests include earth ethics, eco-theology, human sexuality, and contextual theologies.

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