Ecological Concerns: An Indian Christian Response

The objective of this paper is to reflect on an Indian Chris­
tian response to the ecological crisis that threatens to oblit­-
erate life from the face of the earth. This paper, in the first
part, briefly sketches the ecological crisis and the causes of
this ecological crisis, and in the second part it reflects on the
Christian religious resources and on the Indian religious
experience for insights to respond to the ecological crisis.
The final part of this paper offers three ecological impera­-
tives to value and preserve creation that is threatened by
human greed. The ecological imperatives -  eco-conscious­
ness, eco-spirituality and the call to be stewards of creation
-  demand that we make concerted and urgent efforts in dif­-
ferent spheres of life. Jesus, the incarnate Word and the
Risen Lord, inspires us to follow his footprints to live in har­-
mony with the human and cosmic community, because “all
things came into being through him, and without him not 
one thing came into being.”