Integral ecology for a more sustainable world : dialogues with Laudato Si' / edited by Dennis O'Hara, Matthew Eaton, and Michael Ross.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ross, Michael T., author, writer of introduction.

Contributor:

O'Hara, Dennis, editor, writer of introduction.

Eaton, Matthew, 1979- editor, writer of introduction.

Turkson, Peter, 1948- writer of preface.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Francis, Pope, 1936- Laudato Si'.

Francis.

Environmental protection--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Environmental protection.

Human ecology--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Human ecology.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 389 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Dialogues with Laudato Si'

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2020]

Summary:

Laudato Si' insists on a revolutionary human response to the public challenges of our time concerning the ecological crisis. The volume takes up the revolutionary spirit of Pope Francis and speaks to the economic, technological, political, educational, and religious changes needed to overcome the fragile relationships between humans and Earth. This volume identifies various systemic factors that have produced the anthropogenic ecological crisis that threatens the planet and uses the ethical vision of Laudato Si' to promote practical responses that foster fundamental changes in humanity's relationships with Earth and each other. The essays address not only the immediate behavioral changes needed in individual human lives, but also the deeper, societal changes required if human communities are to live sustainable lives within Earth's integral ecology. Thus, this volume intentionally focuses on a plurality of cultural contexts and proposes solutions to problems encountered in a variety of global contexts. Accordingly, the contributors to this volume are scholars from a breadth of interdisciplinary and cultural backgrounds, each exploring an ethical theme from the encyclical and proposing systemic changes to address deeply entrenched injustices. Collectively, their essays examine the social, political, economic, gender, scientific, technological, educational, and spiritual challenges of our time as these relate to the ecological crisis. -- Provided by publisher, page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Preface : the evolution of the concept of integral ecology in Papal teaching / Cardinal Peter Kodwo Turkson

Laudato Si' : social analysis and political engagement in the tradition of Catholic social thought / Christopher P. Vogt

A compassionate science : Pope Francis, climate change, and the fate of creation / Stephen Bede Scharper

Growth is an idol in a throwaway culture : ecotheology against neutrality / Timothy Harvie

Pope Francis contra twenty-first-century capitalism : the power of joined-up social ethics / Gerard Mannion

Wealthy hyperagency in the throwaway culture : inequality and environmental death / Kate Ward

The peril and the promise of agriculture : an agroecological reading of Laudato Si' / Matthew Philipp Whelan

The "brown thread" in Laudato Si' : grounding ecological conversion and theological ethics praxis / Dawn M. Nothwehr

Ecological conversion in the light of ecofeminist concerns : a post-Lonergan dialogue / Susan Rakoczy

Reframing ecotheological anthropology within a more integral ecology / Dennis Patrick O'Hara

Locating Laudato Si' along a Catholic trajectory of concern for nonhuman animals / Charles Camosy

From Galileo to Laudato Si' / Brother Guy Consolmagno

Cosmology, theology, and Laudato Si' / John F. Haught

The technocratic paradigm : diagnosis and therapy / Neil Ormerod

Personhood, bodies, and history in Google's manifestation of the technocratic paradigm / Brianne Jacobs

Ecological citizenship and the new habitus / Anne Marie Dalton

Preservationism, environmental justice, smart growth : care for our common home / Laura Stivers

Resisting nuclear energy in South Africa : drawing inspiration from Laudato Si' / Andrew Warmback

An integral issue : population and birth control in Laudato Si' and Roman Catholic teaching / Michael Taylor Ross

Placing integral ecology at the heart of education : transformative learning, Laudato Si', and cooperation / Christopher Hrynkow

Laudato Si' : the ecological imperative of the liturgy / Peter McGrail

Understanding Catholic engagement on global warming / Nicholas Smith

Conclusion : ecocide as deicide : eschatological lamentation and the possibility of hope / Matthew Eaton.

Notes:

Preface : Cardinal Peter Kodwo Turkson, Cardinal-Priest of San Liborio.--Page vii.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

149858005X

9781498580052

OCLC:

1114346623