**Author details**

Levente Hufnagel1 \* and Ferenc Mics2

1 Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Ecotheology, John Wesley Theological College, Budapest, Hungary

2 Department of Environmental Security, John Wesley Theological College, Budapest, Hungary

\*Address all correspondence to: leventehufnagel@gmail.com

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