Contemporary Christian Views Contemporary Christian Views about Environmental Ethicsabout Environmental Ethics

Lesson aims

To illustrate the stances of contemporary Christian

churches and charities towards environmental care

To show that not all Christian groups are in favour of

environmentalism

To show how biblical texts support a range of

perspectives, including those that oppose

environmentalism

Starter Activity

Look at the images on the next slide

What do you think they might show about

Christian attitudes towards how we should care

for the environment?

THINK HARD! What COULD they mean?

Different Christian denominations have different

ideas about how and even IF we should care for

the environment.

Today you will be working in groups and

independently to research these different

approaches.

Activity 1 Each group has been given information about the views of a

different denomination of Christianity regarding environmental

ethics.

As a group, read through the information and use the A3

recording sheet to make a list of all the denomination’s main

beliefs concerning the environment, as well as its reasons for

holding such beliefs.

You will also need to include quotes from scripture which are

deemed to support their viewpoint.

You have 15 minutes

You must work as a groupYou must work as a group

Activity 2

Nominate four pupils in your group to go and visit each of

the other groups to find out about the beliefs of the

Christian denomination they have researched.

They should fill in the additional fact sheets with the views

of each denomination.

You have 10 minutes

Activity 3

Return to your original group and in turns share your

findings with each other to complete your mapping sheets

of contemporary Christian views surrounding the

environment.

You have 20 minutes

Give me 5!

Turn to the person next to you and tell them FIVE things

you have learnt during this lesson.