Abstract

Environmentalism has become one of the critical theoretical issues in the field of political science worldwide. Religious institutions play significant roles in this debate and they have different ideological underpinnings contributing to the mitigation of environmental effects. The analysis of the ideologies and strategies used unveils the tenets organisational efforts in promoting environmental rights. The thesis employed qualitative methodology, due to the growing importance of understanding the perceptions and descriptions to understand the ideologies and strategies from higher ranking and authoritative respondents. This scholarship originated to make comparative analysis of ideologies in different Christian organisations on environmental control in Malawi. The study demonstrates that current efforts create a situation with disjointed responses towards the pandemonium, reducing the likelihood of achieving the common goals for countries‘ development. The thesis contributes to filling the gap in the literature on the comparative understanding of the church based institutional roles in environmental.

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School	: School of Law, Economics and Government
Issued Date	: 2024

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