Ecology in Religious Education Bibliographies Resources for Theological Education in Ecology Liberation Eco-Theology Liberation theology approaches environmental issues from the standpoint that humans, especially those in the wealthy nations, have oppressed and exploited nature. Unfortunately, those who have participated the least in the oppression, have had to bear the brunt of the environmental problems.
Liberation theology is very critical of capitalist economies.
According to this view, capitalism is based on the assumption of unlimited growth, a system that does not work to create a sustainable economy or ecology. Steps toward solution include realizing the interdependence of everything and linking environmental justice with social justice. To try to achieve one kind of justice by itself is pointless because what affects the environment affects the people that depend upon it, and vice versa. Ecology and Liberation. Orbis Books, 1995.