In this essay, the author reflects on the responsibility of Christianity in the face of ecological destruction and defends the need for a profound renewal of the Christian tradition. He acknowledges the historical complicity of many Christian institutions with the exploitation of nature and human cultures over the last five centuries, but maintains that this practice contradicts fundamental aspects of the Bible. Creation does not belong to humans, but to God, and all creatures share in its holiness. Therefore, destroying nature is not simply a mismanagement of resources, but a form of blasphemy. Berry criticizes the dualism that separates spirit and matter, soul and body, religion and nature, worship and work, and that has contributed to legitimizing the industrial economy. He calls for a conception of the economy as a human “home” inserted into the home of nature, based on responsibility, limitation and respect. It also claims work and the arts as forms of participation in Creation: everything we do transforms the world and can honor or degrade the work of God. Finally, it criticizes a Christianity focused on individual salvation and allied with the established economic and political order, and proposes recovering a faith rooted in the sanctity of life, the care of Creation and concrete responsibility towards the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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