Werner, Dietrich2024-05-272024-05-2720241867-5492http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/4307335The essay is providing an account of beginnings of eco-theological reflexions within the global ecumenical movement, mainly related to selected two out of several periods, mainly an early period of the 1960ies and a last period after the first decade of this century. It describes how the ecumenical discourse has reacted to major challenges presented by an essay from Lynn White from late sixties which was accusing Christianity to be the main culprit of environmental destruction. The essay culminates in identifying five major types of eco-theological discourses in the past two decades and identifies four major challenges at the end in which ecotheological work needs to move forward.ger2024 Evangelische Verlagsanstalt ; all rights reserved.ecologyecotheologyecumenical movementeco-diakoniaDevelopment ethicsEnvironmental ethicsClimate ethicsEcumenical MovementCreator and CreationArticle