Ecology and poverty : cry of the earth, cry of the poor / edited by Leonardo Boff and Virgil Elizondo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boff, Leonardo.

Elizondo, Virgilio P.

Series:

Concilium (Glen Rock, N.J.) ; 1995/5.

Concilium ; 1995/5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental ethics.

Human ecology--Economic aspects.

Human ecology.

Physical Description:

xii, 148 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : SCM Press ; Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, [1995]

Contents:

Editorial. Ecology and poverty : cry of the earth, cry of the poor / Leonardo Boff and Virgil Elizondo

I. Some problems. The present socio-economic system as a cause of ecological imbalance and poverty / Julio de Santa Ana

Ecological consciousness in Amazonia : the indigenous experience / Berta G. Ribeiro

Sacred earth : Mesoamerican perspectives / Sylvia Marcos

II. A theological reflection. The cry of the earth? Biblical perspectives on ecology and violence / Christoph Uehlinger

Spirituality of the earth / Julia Esquivel Velásquez

Liberation theology and ecology : alternative, confrontation or complementarity? / Leonardo Boff

Some premises for an eco-social theology of liberation / José Ramos Regidor

III. New horizons. Towards a new paradigm of production : from an economy of unlimited growth towards one of human sufficiency / Bastiaan Wielenga

Ecology from the viewpoint of the poor / Eduardo Gudynas

Principles for a socio-environmental ethic : the relationship between earth and life / Charles Richard Hensman

The theological debate on ecology / Rosino Gibellini.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

033403034X

0883448866

OCLC:

33402456