Fragile world : ecology and the church / edited by William T. Cavanaugh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cavanaugh, William T., editor.

Series:

Studies in World Catholicism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Catholic Church.

Human ecology--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Human ecology.

Ecology--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Ecology.

Environmental responsibility--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Environmental responsibility.

Environmental responsibility--Moral and ethical aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 368 pages)

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, [2018]

Summary:

"In Fragile World: Ecology and the Church, scholars and activists from Christian communities as far-flung as Honduras, the Philippines, Colombia, and Kenya present a global angle on the global ecological crisis-in both its material and spiritual senses-and offer Catholic resources for responding to it. This volume explores the deep interconnections, for better and for worse, between the global North and the global South, and analyzes the relationship among the physical environment, human society, culture, theology, and economics-the "integral ecology" described by Pope Francis in Laudato Si'. Integral ecology demands that we think deeply about humans and the physical environment, but also about the God who both created the world and sustains it in being. At its root, the ecological crisis is a theological crisis, not only in the way that humans regard creation and their place in it, but in the way that humans think about God. For Pope Francis in Laudato Si', the root of the crisis is that we humans have tried to put ourselves in God's place. According to Pope Francis, therefore, "A fragile world, entrusted by God to human care, challenges us to devise intelligent ways of directing, developing, and limiting our power.""

Contents:

Turning over the right rocks :finding legacies of Catholic environmentalism / Christopher Hamlin

Ecology, justice, and peace : the perspective of a global church / Cardinal Peter K. A. Turkson

Catholic social teaching and ecology : promise and limits / Celia Deane-Drummond

From Assisi to Buenos Aires : the cry of the poor and the cry of the planet / Michael A. Perry, OFM

Extractive industries, destructive industries : the case of Honduras : a fragile country and devastated ecology / Bishop Luis Alfonso Santos Villeda

The pan Amazon, extractive industries, and the church / Peter Hughes, SSC

Planetary boundaries : Africa's vulnerabilities and resilience / Peter Knox, SJ

Fragile earth, fragile Africa : an African eco-theology for human and cosmic flourishing / Stan Chu Ilo

Between exile and the new Jerusalem : prophetic mourning, lament, and the ecological crisis / Daniel P. Castillo

The poor : an endangered species? / Germán Mahecha Clavijo

Fragile ecosystems and the pressures of anthropogenia : recovering a theo-ethic of relationality in our common home / Edward Obi, MSP

Becoming stewards of creation : ecological virtue ethics from the perspective of otherness / Rolando A. Tuazon, CM

Christian Christmas consumption : ethical considerations of the environmental and social impacts of holiday spending / Christie Klimas

Rooting the church in African soil and the Bethany Land Institute : a theological experiment / Emmanuel Katongole

Religious and cultural beliefs related to disaster risk reduction : the case of super typhoon Haiyan / Agnes M. Brazal

Nurturing communities, sustaining fragile ecologies / Randy J. C. Odchigue

Ecology and the apocalypse / Daniel F. Pilario, CM

Political theology for earthlings : Christian messianism and the ecological ruins of global corporate capitalism / Michael S. Northcott

An eschatological perspective on our hope for a sustainable world / Reynaldo D. Raluto.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-350) and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781498283410

1498283411