Tradition
Islamic environmentalism
Overview
Islamic environmentalism is a strand of environmental as well as Islamic philosophy that employs environmental principles derived from Islamic scriptures and traditions to the environment and the modern-day environmental crisis. Modern Islamic environmentalists derive their contemporary ecotheology from Islam's long tradition of stewardship theology - as Islam teaches that God holds absolute sovereignty over creation, Muslim envornomentalists emphasize humanity's role as stewards, making it their duty to protect and preserve God's creation. Islamic environmentalism encompasses Islamic ecological philosophy, Sharia-based environmental law, and Islamic environmental activism.
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This has been, and still to a very great extent remains, most specifically true of philosophy. The environment with which philosophy concerns itself is nothing less than the whole universe; its content is, within the history of its dominant tradition, absolutely general and abstract; it is, of all great human enterprises, even religion, least constrained by the direction and march of events or the mandate of…
John Dewey, Creative Intelligence
Close in meaning to Islamic environmentalism; the term itself is not named.
Right action consists in following those actions which are useful for happiness and avoiding those which lead to misery. The knowledge of these actions has been called practical knowledge. This is divided into two kinds: external actions, the knowledge of which is called Fiqh, that is, Theology; and actions pertaining to feelings, such as gratitude, patience, and other points of character to which the Law has urged…
Averroës, The Philosophy and Theology of Averroes
States what Islamic environmentalism is.
'Tis the crown and glory of organic science that it _does_ through _final cause_, link material and moral; and yet _does not_ allow us to mingle them in our first conception of laws, and our classification of such laws, whether we consider one side of nature or the other. You have ignored this link; and, if I do not mistake your meaning, you have done your best in one or two pregnant cases to break it.
Charles Darwin, Charles Darwin
Close in meaning to Islamic environmentalism; the term itself is not named.
Philosophers who discussed Islamic environmentalism
Related ideas
- Hadith
- Iran
- Islamic philosophy
- Seyyed Hossein Nasr
- Muhammad
- Tawhid
- Sufism
- Hebrew Bible
- Trinity
- University of Chicago
- Environmental philosophy
- Environmental degradation
- Environmental law
- Ecotheology
Place in the tradition
Part of Contemporary Islamic philosophy.