Ecological justice in the work of Puleng LenkaBula

Abstract

In 2006, Puleng LenkaBula graduated from the University of South Africa with a doctoral thesis on ‘Bioprospecting and intellectual property rights on African plant commons and knowledge: A new form of colonization viewed from an ethical perspective’. In this article, a content analysis will be made of her views on ecological justice as expressed in her doctoral thesis and subsequent articles. The content analysis will be performed according to the following themes: (1) images of God in ecological justice; (2) expressions of this-worldliness in ecological justice, replacing the missionary sin–soul–salvation worldview; and (3) decolonisation as ecological justice.
Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: Finally, concluding remarks will be made on LenkaBula’s contribution to the science and religion debate in her publications, in which she oscillates between science and religion in her search for ecological justice.