1. Is there a place for pantheism in (post-)Christian ecofeminist reconstruction of the God/Goddess–world relationshipNadja Furlan-Štante, 2024, original scientific article Abstract: This paper is an attempt to consider an alternative pluralist pantheism (Mary Jane Rubenstein) as the next step in the evolution of interpersonal, interspecies, and God–human–nature relationships and its possible realisation in (post-)Christian ecofeminism and its epistemology. It follows the methodology and epistemology of theological ecofeminism, which assumes that the oppression of women and the exploitation of nature stem from the same constellation of phenomena: patriarchal domination, dualistic anthropologies, and global hypercapitalism. Recognising that pantheism is a very complex phenomenon and should not be viewed as a single codified viewpoint, but rather as a diverse family of different doctrines, this paper understands pantheism primarily as the paradigm that asserts that everything is part of a divine unity consisting of an all-encompassing, manifested deity or God/Goddess. The paper first explains the pan-en-theistic turn in Christian ecofeminism as a tool for deconstructing the dominant Cartesian dualistic binaries and their symbolism and metanarratives, and as the first “safe” phase of transition from Christian anthropocentrism. From this standpoint, Grace M. Jantzen’s defense of pantheism as an alternative to transcendental theism is further explored as she argues that divinity is found “in” the physical and material world and nowhere else. The paper then moves to the second phase, proposed in the final part of the paper, on the possibility of the theoretical adoption of pluralist pantheism in (post-)Christian ecofeminist ecotheology. Here, the question of the “fear and horror of pantheism” in Western thought is discussed.
Keywords: ecofeminist theology, nature, pan-en-theism, pluralistic pantheism
Published in DiRROS: 05.01.2024; Views: 198; Downloads: 77
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2. Religion in Anthropocene and Digital Culture : symposium2023, other monographs and other completed works Abstract: The primary goal of the symposium is to analyse and establish links between theological and ethical perspectives on the environment, on the one hand, and digital technologies, on the other.
The starting point is the increasing intertwinement of natural and digital environments for contemporary and future life on our planet. The development and increasing use of advanced digital technologies and artificial intelligence raise several challenging ethical questions. Understanding these challenges and formulating theologically reflective responses to them are important aspects of digital theology, as defined by Peter Phillips, Kyle Schiefelbein-Guerrero and John Kurlberg (2019).
Digital culture is the context within which we increasingly do theology, thus, digital theology impacts both theology as a discipline and digital culture within which we live.
This symposium draws upon, contributes to, and brings together the fields of theology, philosophy, sociology of religion, anthropology of religion, philosophy of technology, and digital humanities. More precisely it brings together methodologies and epistemologies from Creation theology, eco-theology, eco-feminism, theological anthropology, philosophical theology, post-metaphysical philosophy of religion, digital philosophy and cosmotheology, philosophy and ethics of AI, and human-machine relationships. It also addresses questions raised by digital theology through the lenses of the alternative theologies of pantheism, panentheism and panpsychism.
Published in DiRROS: 11.07.2023; Views: 394; Downloads: 164
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3. Christian-Muslim women in religious peacebuilding, breaking cycles of violenceNadja Furlan-Štante, 2020, original scientific article Abstract: In a broader context, the main focus of this paper is the question of wom-en%s religious peacebuilding, which is understood in its widest sense, in terms of women%s active participation in building liberating theologies and societies. It is about the promotion of the full humanity of women. While elaborating this theme, the paper takes up Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite%s assertion that the %violence against women is the largest and longest global war.% Just peacemak-ing is very much an interfaith and interreligious work and should be placed as a crucial starting point of the urge for transformation of %violent% theologies and living everyday praxis. While women have been marginalised from peacebuild-ing generally, the emerging field of religious peacebuilding has been particularly challenging for women. The liberating theme of this paper is illumination of the ambivalence of invisibility and marginality of women in religious peacebuilding, good practices and future issues.
Keywords: religion, women, religious peace-building, interreligious dialogue, obstacles, good practices
Published in DiRROS: 28.03.2022; Views: 440; Downloads: 317
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5. Ekofeministična teologija soodvisnosti : konstruktivistični teološki pristop k sodobni okoljski (ne)pravičnosti in ranljivostiNadja Furlan-Štante, 2021, original scientific article Abstract: Prispevek obravnava vprašanje družbene in okoljske (ne)pravičnosti skozi prizmo krščanskega ekofeminizma ter njegove etike medsebojne povezanosti in ekološkega skrbništva vsega stvarstva. Ker ekofeminizem povezuje izkoriščanje žensk z izkoriščanjem stvarstva (narave), za izoblikovanje osrednjega raziskovalnega vprašanja uporabljam metodologijo ključa krščanske ekofeministične hermenevtike: najprej sledi analiza stališča krščanskega ekofeminizma do vprašanja družbene in okoljske (ne)pravičnosti, nato analiza pozitivnih prispevkov in implikacij krščanske ekofeministične etike na krščansko teologijo in prizadevanja za družbeno in okoljsko pravičnost.Čeprav podnebne spremembe nesorazmerno bolj vplivajo na žensko populacijo, še zlasti na reproduktivno zdravje revnejših žensk, so te pogosto izločene iz procesa odločanja o okoljski problematiki. Ženske po vsem svetu so že sicer bolj ogrožene zaradi onesnaženega zraka, omejenega dostopa do čiste vode in vse večje izpostavljenosti strupenim kemikalijam, podnebne spremembe pa te nevarnosti samo še povečujejo. Občutljivost za vplive podnebnih sprememb pa ženskam daje tudi edinstveno izkustveno znanje, s katerim lahko pomembno pripomorejo k prizadevanjem za izboljšanje podnebne odpornosti in trajnosti ter tudi k boljši ozaveščenosti in drugačnemu odnosu do okoljske problematike in narave med sve-tovnimi religijami. Za ekofeministke je okoljska kriza realnost, grožnja in opozorilo sodobnemu človeštvu. Podnebne spremembe, globalno segrevanje, zmanjšanje biotske raznovrstnosti in drugi procesi, ki naj bi bili posledica onesnaževanja okolja in dolgotrajnega čezmernega izkoriščanja in izrabe naravnih virov, gotovo izražajo globalni potrošniško-imperialistični odnos človeka do narave.
Keywords: ekofeminizem, ženske, ranljivost, okoljska nepravičnost
Published in DiRROS: 22.03.2022; Views: 542; Downloads: 341
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