A theology of creation : ecology, art, and Laudato si' / Thomas S. Hibbs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hibbs, Thomas S., author.

Series:

Catholic ideas for a secular world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church. Pope (2013-2025 : Francis). Laudato si'.

Catholic Church.

Laudato si' (Catholic Church. Pope (2013-2025 : Francis)).

Human ecology--Religious aspects.

Human ecology.

Ecotheology.

Environmental responsibility--Religious aspects.

Environmental responsibility.

Aesthetics--Religious aspects.

Aesthetics.

Art and philosophy--Religious aspects.

Art and philosophy.

Art and religion.

Philosophical theology.

Physical Description:

xvii, 189 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2023]

Summary:

"In the encyclical 'Laudato si',' Pope Francis discerns beneath the imminent threat of ecological catastrophe an existential affliction of the human person, who is lost in the cosmos, increasingly alienated from self, others, nature, and God. Pope Francis suggests that one must reimagine humanity's place in the created cosmos. In this ambitious and distinctive contribution to theological aesthetics, Thomas S. Hibbs provides the basis for just such a recovery, working from 'Laudato si'' to develop a philosophical and theological diagnosis of our ecological dislocation, a narrative account of the sources of the crisis, and a vision of the way forward. Through a critical engagement with the artistic theory of Jacques Maritain, Hibbs shows how certain strains of modern art both capture our alienation and anticipate visions of recovered harmony among persons, nature, and God. In the second half of the book, in an attempt to fulfill Pope Francis's plea for an 'aesthetic education' and to apply and test Maritain's theory, Hibbs examines the work of poets and painters. He analyzes the work of poets Robinson Jeffers and William Everson, and considers painters Georges Roualt [i.e. Rouault], a friend to Maritain, and Makoto Fujimura, whose notion of 'culture care' overlaps in suggestive ways with Francis's notion of integral ecology. ... Hibbs calls for a commitment to an 'ecological poetics,' a project that responds to the crisis of our times by taking poets and painters as seriously as philosophers and theologians."-- Publisher's website, viewed on January 4, 2024.

Contents:

Preface

"Laudato si'," technocracy, and the renewal of human making

Jacques Maritain and the twilight of civilization

Nihilism and modernity in endless crisis

The ecological poetics of Robinson Jeffers

The sacramental poetics of William Everson

Georges Rouault : artist of alienation and transfiguration

Culture care, generativity, and the calling of the artist.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-183) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Hibbs, Thomas S. Theology of creation.

ISBN:

9780268205621

0268205620

OCLC:

1368002451