LECTURE 12: RELIGION,

ENVIRONMENT AND HISTORICAL

ROOTS OF ECOLOGICAL CRISIS

Based on Lynn White ideologies

What was the fear of bringing religion into the domain of environmentalism?
 
o It will threaten subjectivity, scientific investigation, professionalism, or democratic values
 
o It will threaten objectivity, scientific investigation, professionalism, or democratic values
 
o It will threaten subjectivity, empirical investigation, professionalism, or family values

o  It will threaten objectivity, empirical investigation, professionalism, or family values

Answers:
It will threaten objectivity, scientific investigation, professionalism, or democratic values
Who wrote the essay ‘The Historical Roots of our Ecological Crisis’?

o  Lynn White

o  Rachel Carson

o  Christophe Munier

o  None of these

Answers:
Lynn White
Which of the following is considered as an essential source for the havoc wreaked
by Western societies upon the earth?
 
Biblical writings about “man’s right to master the women”
 
Biblical writings about “man’s right to master the cosmos”
 
Biblical writings about “man’s right to master the earth”
 
None of these

Answers:
Biblical writings about “man’s right to master the earth”
Our ecologic crisis is the product of an emerging, entirely novel, ________________.
 
Aristocratic culture
 
Democratic culture
 
Bureaucracy culture
 
Plutocracy culture

Answers:
Democratic culture
Which of the following victory is considered as the greatest psychic revolution
in the history of our culture?

o  The victory of Islam over Confucianism

o  The victory of Islam over Paganism

o  The victory of Christianity over Paganism

o  The victory of Christianity over Confucianism

Answers:
The victory of Christianity over Paganism
Our science and technology have grown out of ______________ toward man’s relation to nature.
 
o Islamic attitude

o Buddhist attitude

o Jewish attitude

o Christian attitude

Answers:
Christian attitude
Lynn White provided an unmistakable link between the rise of science through
____________ traditions in the middle ages

o  Judeo-Christian

o  Christian

o  Judaism

o  None of these

Answers:
Judeo-Christian