We are stardust : dignity and right of non-human life on and beyond our planet

dc.contributor.authorJahnichen, Traugott
dc.contributor.authorLosch, Andreas
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-19T11:09:52Z
dc.date.available2024-07-19T11:09:52Z
dc.date.issued2023-09-27
dc.descriptionThis research is part of The research project ‘Understanding Reality (Theology and Nature)’, directed by Prof. Dr Johan Buitendag, Department of Systematic and Historical Theology, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Pretoria.en_US
dc.descriptionSpecial Collection: Johan Buitendag Festschrift, sub-edited by Andries van Aarde (University of Pretoria, South Africa).en_US
dc.description.abstractHumankind is stardust, born of the evolution of life on Earth as part of the evolution of the universe. He is called to particular responsibility for all living beings and of creation itself. The article discusses whether and how, in the perspective of a theological ecocentrism, the dignity and rights of non-human beings are to be anchored in order to live according to this responsibility. The aim is to develop an ethic of self-limitation that is prepared to grant rights to non-human beings, which, however, can only be demanded by humans through advocacy. Some aspects are substantiated with a view to the Earth and beyond for the cosmos. The protection of the rain forests and oceans as well as the lower Earth orbit are mentioned as examples of an ethic of self-limitation. The spheres of the cosmos are also to be considered. It is about developing reverence for the cosmos as an expression of responsibility for creation. CONTRIBUTION : The article discusses in how far in a theological ecocentrism the dignity and rights of non-human beings are to be anchored. It argues for a reverence for the cosmos as an expression of responsibility for creation, as humankind is stardust, born of the evolution of life on Earth as part of the evolution of the universe.en_US
dc.description.departmentDogmatics and Christian Ethicsen_US
dc.description.librarianam2024en_US
dc.description.sdgNoneen_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.hts.org.zaen_US
dc.identifier.citationJähnichen, T. & Losch, A., 2023, ‘We are stardust: Dignity and right of non-human life on and beyond our planet’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 79(2), a8957. https://DOI.org/10.4102/hts.v79i2.8957.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2072-8050 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/hts.v79i2.8957
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/97137
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAOSISen_US
dc.rights© 2023. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_US
dc.subjectCreationen_US
dc.subjectDignityen_US
dc.subjectRightsen_US
dc.subjectNon-human beingsen_US
dc.subjectEcocentrismen_US
dc.subjectAnthropocentrismen_US
dc.subjectOuter spaceen_US
dc.subjectReverence for the cosmosen_US
dc.subjectNational Aeronautics and Space Administrationen_US
dc.subjectNASAen_US
dc.titleWe are stardust : dignity and right of non-human life on and beyond our planeten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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