Brighton Katabaro Academy of International Ecumenism, University of Hamburg Abstract In den vergangenen Jahrzehnten haben sich mit der Ökotheologie, der Agrarökologie und der Grünen Theologie mehrere ökologische Diskursfelder etabliert. Während die Ökotheologie häufig auf einer hohen Abstraktionsebene verbleibt, ist die Agrarökologie primär naturwissenschaftlich-säkular ausgerichtet und bindet theologische Reflexion kaum ein. Die Agrartheologie positioniert sich an der Schnittstelle dieser Ansätze und verortet theologische Erkenntnis systematisch in der landwirtschaftlichen Praxis sowie in deren materiellen Vollzügen – Boden, Pflanzen, Wasser und Erde als relationalem Ganzen. Landwirtschaft, Saatgut und Ernährungssysteme fungieren dabei als zentrale loci theologici. Die Agrartheologie versteht sich als komplementärer Deutungsrahmen, der biblische Agrarmotive, afrikanische Öko-Spiritualitäten und zeitgenössische agroökologische Paradigmen integriert. Methodisch greift der Beitrag auf...
Brighton Katabaro Academy for International Ecumenism, University of Hamburg Introduction Climate change has emerged as one of the most urgent challenges confronting humanity in the twenty-first century. A broad scientific consensus confirms that rising global temperatures, accelerating biodiversity loss, extreme weather events, and widespread ecological degradation increasingly threaten the foundations of life on Earth. Yet despite the abundance of empirical evidence, political responses remain fragmented, delayed, and largely insufficient to address the scale of the crisis. Christian theology cannot treat climate change as a marginal ethical concern or a secondary social issue. Rather, it must be recognized as a theological crisis—one that exposes deeply fractured relationships between humanity and God, between humanity and the Earth, and among human communities themselves. As Kristina Kühnbaum-Schmidt, Bishop and Representative of the Evangel...
Brighton Katabaro Academy of International Ecumenism, University of Hamburg The Pain of Seeing One’s Child Suffer and Die Recently, on November 15th, 2025, my choir here in Nienstedten had a concert, and we sang the "Stabat Mater" piece by Joseph Haydn. Since that evening, one particular line from the hymn has stayed with me like a refrain I cannot shake off. Again and again, this sound rises within me: “Stabat Mater dolorosa, juxta crucem lacrimosa, dum pendebat Filius.” The sorrowful mother (Mary) standing beneath the cross, watching her son (Jesus) die. Today, in many places around the world, mothers and fathers stand beneath their own “cross.” They watch their children suffer - because of war and violence, because of hunger that threatens millions of young lives every day, and because of the consequences of climate change: droughts, floods, destroyed harvests - bringing new suffering, new tears, new graves. The pain of seeing a loved one (and especially...
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