Green Gospels: Environmental movement aims for religious mainstream

source: USA Today | Jul 10, 06 | submitted by Ryan

Athens, Greece - More than a decade ago on an Aegean island, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians made a startling proposition: That pollution and other attacks on the environment could be considered sins.

At the time, the idea earned him little more than a nickname the "green patriarch."

It's no longer such a radical view.

Eco-friendly attitudes have increasingly moved into the mainstream of many faiths - from Muslim clerics urging water conservation in the fast-growing Gulf states to evangelical preachers in the United States calling attention to global warming.

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"The environment brings a sense of urgency and shared purpose that few other issues can bring...It cuts across all religious traditions."- Mary Evelyn Tucker, a co-founder of the Forum on Religion and Ecology
"Religion is built on story telling. The stories reach people in ways that academics or activists or NGOs cannot,"- Victoria Finlay, a spokeswoman for the Alliance of Religions and Conservation

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