If the material world is intrinsically good, then it is to be respected and cared for, a notion which contests positivist or mechanised worldviews that have sanctioned environmental neglect or abuse. The treatises argue in favour of the making and veneration of images and suggest that because matter is divinely created and indwelled, it is inherently good. One set of Christian texts that portrays the material world in a positive way is the Three Treatises on the Divine Images by John of Damascus. Ecological theology endorses the importance of viewing the created world kindly and benevolently. Abstract: Ecologically related discourse generally argues that changed human behaviour is necessary for addressing the environmental crisis and that a view that the natural world is worthy and essentially good encourages people to live sustainably.
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