A SPIRITUAL FRAMEWORK OF ORGANIC ONENESS: THE ECO-THEOLOGICAL SHIFT TOWARDS A COLLECTIVE ECOLOGICAL CONSCIOUSNESS

Earth’s environment has been undergoing unprecedented rates of degradation
during the Anthropocene paradigm. Current projections for the near future show climate
change producing grim outcomes for most habitable parts of the world. This thesis defends
the argument that in order to adequately address the state of the environment, humanity
must experience a shift in collective consciousness away from the current philosophical
paradigm, and instead adopt a paradigm that enables a common mindset regarding the place
of humans within the natural environment. Various forms of spiritual ecology are explored:
deep ecology, biblical eco-theology, and eco-feminist theology. These positions are
explored in order to introduce a framework necessary to achieve the collective shift in
consciousness required to address environmental issues: a Spiritual Framework of Organic Oneness, which includes components of spiritual ecology and earth-centered religious
traditions.