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<p>The commitment of the Protestant Church in Germany to climate policy has met with massive criticism from some systematic theologians. They see it as a&#xa0;betrayal of Protestant identity. They diagnose downright heresies in central theological tenets such as the distinction between law and gospel, faith and politics and the world superiority of God. The church is thus mutating into a&#xa0;moral-political pseudo-religion. This criticism by Protestant theologians is also supported by some Catholics.</p><p>This article analyzes the theological strategy behind this rejection of Christian commitment to ecology. It makes clear the theological dubiousness of the alternatives put forward. Behind the gesture of a&#xa0;defense of theological tradition lies a&#xa0;very political theology, which, however, conceals its own political content. The article criticizes the understanding of the church expressed therein with the concept of “bourgeois religion” originating from the New Political Theology (Johann Baptist Metz). The overlap of the theological positions under discussion here in the face of the climate crisis and the religious politics of the New Right makes this form of theological transformation distance abusable and dangerous.</p><p>The attempt to portray the ecological commitment of Christians and churches as heresy makes it clear that the relationship between the church and the world, Christianity and politics is indeed fundamentally up for debate here. This article is an attempt to criticize the ideology of this debate.</p>

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Klimaaktivismus als Pseudoreligion? Zu theologischen Figuren der Transformationsdistanz

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    2025年3月24日

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  • Gregor Taxacher

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The commitment of the Protestant Church in Germany to climate policy has met with massive criticism from some systematic theologians. They see it as a betrayal of Protestant identity. They diagnose downright heresies in central theological tenets such as the distinction between law and gospel, faith and politics and the world superiority of God. The church is thus mutating into a moral-political pseudo-religion. This criticism by Protestant theologians is also supported by some Catholics.

This article analyzes the theological strategy behind this rejection of Christian commitment to ecology. It makes clear the theological dubiousness of the alternatives put forward. Behind the gesture of a defense of theological tradition lies a very political theology, which, however, conceals its own political content. The article criticizes the understanding of the church expressed therein with the concept of “bourgeois religion” originating from the New Political Theology (Johann Baptist Metz). The overlap of the theological positions under discussion here in the face of the climate crisis and the religious politics of the New Right makes this form of theological transformation distance abusable and dangerous.

The attempt to portray the ecological commitment of Christians and churches as heresy makes it clear that the relationship between the church and the world, Christianity and politics is indeed fundamentally up for debate here. This article is an attempt to criticize the ideology of this debate.