TY - T1 - ECO-ANXIETY, TRAGEDY, AND HOPE : PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SPIRITUAL DIMENSIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/314873 T3 - A1 - Pihkala, Panu A2 - PB - Y1 - 2018 LA - eng AB - This article addresses the problem of eco-anxiety by integrating results from numerous fields of inquiry. Although climate change may cause direct psychological and existential impacts, vast numbers of people already experience indirect impacts in the form of depression, socio-ethical paralysis, and loss of well-being. This is not always evident, because people have developed psychological and social defenses in response, including socially constructed silence. I argue that this situation causes... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - climate change; eco-anxiety; eco-psychology; emotions; environment; mortality; philosophy of hope; religion and ecology; religion and nature; theology; ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS; 614 Theology N1 - PP - ER -