E-LOGOS 2008, 15(1):1-13

Making Polders: Social Communication, Religion, and the Global Environmental Crisis

Arthur Saniotis
Discipline of Anthropology, School of Social Sciences, the University of Adelaide.

Keywords: religion, social communication, macroshift, environment, polders

This paper examines the nexus between social communication, religion and the global environmental crisis and is based on the ideas of the philosopher Ervin Laszlo. I locate social communication and religion in relation to new approaches to tackling global environmental problems. This paper also calls for the need for a macroshift in social communication and religion. This will be based on a shift in worldviews from a logos driven to a holos driven evolution.

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Saniotis, A. (2008). Making Polders: Social Communication, Religion, and the Global Environmental Crisis. E-LOGOS, 15(1), 1-13
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