Orthodox theological vision of contemporary environmental issues
The article is devoted to clarifying the theologically substantiated Christian strategies of human interaction with the surrounding impersonal world. Based on the Orthodox theological anthropology of the XX-XXI centuries, the author characterizes the impersonal world as a sphere of expression of love for God, which presupposes the actualization of utmost creative potential of human being, including personal freedom and responsibility. The author elucidates this perfect Christian perception of the world against the background of the consideration of environmental risks emerging from both the ideas of the determination of human by the world, peculiar to religious views of the pantheistic type, and individualistic tendencies to the separation of human from the world, characteristic of the modern secular world outlook. The final part of the article focuses on explicating an actual perspective of the interaction of Christian ecologists with representatives of environmental groups of pantheistic and secular worldview types in the legislative and ethical fields.