Th is review essay offers an assessment of two recent monographs by Larry
Rasmussen and Cynthia Moe-Lobeda in the field of ecotheology. It focuses
on the category of moral vision that both authors employ. It shows how the
notion of critical moral vision helps to identify and assess the root causes
of economic inequalities and ecological destruction in terms of structural
violence, structural evil and the very nature of sin. It also explains why
such moral vision forms the key but by itself remains insufficient for social
transformation. Th e influence of such insights in the South African context
is illustrated with reference to teaching and research done at the University
of the Western Cape and, more specifically, the category of transfiguration
in Desmond Tutu's theology.DHE
