This article addresses the contemporary anthropological and ecological crisis from a theological perspective, pointing to the need to renew the Christian vision of man and his relationship with creation. The reflection focuses on theological anthropology and Christian environmental ethics, interpreted in the light of the Church’s magisterium, especially Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato si’, and contemporary research published in the journal Studia Ełckie.
The research method used is hermeneutical-theological in nature, combining an analysis of biblical and patristic sources with a comparative analysis of contemporary ethical and eco-theological reflection. The article shows that man – as imago Dei – is not the dominator of nature, but its participant and interpreter. In this sense, Christian anthropology forms the basis of ecological ethics, in which care for creation has a moral and spiritual dimension.
In three analytical parts, the author develops the concept of the transition from anthropocentrism to Christian ecocentrism, shows the moral dimension of caring for the world, and formulates a hermeneutics of the community of creation, integrating man, nature, and God into a single relational whole.
The conclusions indicate that the theology of creation is not an addition to moral theology, but an organic part of it: care for the world is a contemporary form of fulfilling the commandment of love. The article fits into the interdisciplinary profile of the ISIR Journal of Multidisciplinary, showing that contemporary theology can serve as a bridge between the natural sciences, ethics and Christian spirituality.
Keywords: theological anthropology; Christian ethics; eco-theology; integral ecology; Laudato si’; Studia Ełckie; man and creation; theological hermeneutics; ecological personalism; ecological sin
