Laudato Si
An Integral Ecology and the Catholic Vision
Published on 1. June 2016
216 pages
978-1-925486-23-0 (ISBN)
Description
Pope Francis' Laudato Si' is a game-changing document for the life of the Church and the ecological health of this planet. A Catholic vision is deficient if it does not include the earth and its life-forms. Loving one's neighbour must include loving the planetary neighbourhood in which all live. For its part, the 'integral ecology' on which the Pope insists must include the dimensions of mind and heart, science and art, faith and the whole spiritual life of culture. Here, the great theological themes animating the Catholic vision, play their part as ever-renewable resources: the Creator and the gift of creation,, the incarnation of the Word amongst us, the inexhaustible life of the Trinity itself, the Eucharist as communion with Christ in the here and now of earthly life, just as 'Sister Death' must be given her place for the sake of ecological and eschatological realism. Integral ecology and Catholic vision are two sides of the conversion of mind and heart necessary to promote the communion of life now, and in the world to come.
More details
Other editions
Additional editions
Content
- Intro
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: The Encyclical: Seven Perspectives
- 1. Inspiration
- 2. Ecology and Consumerism
- 3. Problems Resulting
- 4. Dialogue and Collaboration
- 5. The Church and Ecology
- 6. The Gift
- 7. Human Nature in the World of Nature
- 8. The Milieu of Christ
- Chapter 2: Creator, Creator and Ecology
- 1. The Meaning of Creation
- 2. The Character of the Creator
- 3. A Changed Understanding of the World
- Chapter 3: The Incarnation and Integral Ecology
- 1. The Human Question
- 2. The Word Incarnate in the World
- 3. The 'Body Language' of the New Testament
- 4. Ecological Conclusion
- Chapter 4: Trinitarian Connections
- 1. An Unusual Connection?
- 2. A Biblical Perspective
- 3. A Trinitarian Horizon
- 4. Trinity and the World
- 5. An Expanding Spirituality
- 6. Continuing Exploration
- Chapter 5: A Eucharistic Ecology
- 1. Cultural dislocation
- 2. A Eucharistic Ecology
- 3. Body and Spirit, Nature and Grace
- 4. From the Imagination of Jesus
- 5. An Ever-Renewable Resource
- 6. Eucharistic Contemplation
- 7. Eucharistic Action
- Chapter 6: Integral Ecology and 'Sister Death'
- 1. The Deadliness of Death
- 2. The Denial of Death
- 3. Death in Christ
- 4. 'Before the Foundation of the World'
- 5. The Realm of 'Otherness'
- Chapter 7: Ecological Conversion
- 1. Conversion to Hope
- 2. Turning to Christ
- 3. Grace and Nature
- 4. Many-Levelled Conversion
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Authors/Names
- Index of Biblical References
- Index of References to the Encyclical Numbers
- Blank Page
