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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790755703321

Titolo

Environmental justice and climate change : assessing Pope Benedict XVI's ecological vision for the Catholic Church in the United States / / edited by Jame Schaefer and Tobias Winright

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Lexington Books, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

0-7391-8381-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (315 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SchaeferJame

WinrightTobias

Disciplina

261.8/8

Soggetti

Human ecology - Religious aspects - Catholic Church

Environmental justice - Religious aspects - Christianity

Climatic changes

Environmentalism - Religious aspects - Catholic Church

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; I: Human and Natural Ecology/Human Life and Dignity; Chapter One: Bonaventure in Benedict; Chapter Two: If You Want Responsibility, Build Relationship; Chapter Three: Natural Law and the Natural Environment; II: Solidarity, Justice, Poverty, and the Common Good; Chapter Four: Human, Social, and Natural Ecology; Chapter Five: Commodifying Creation?; Chapter Six: The Grammar of Creation; III: The Sacramentality of Creation; Chapter Seven: The Way of Wisdom; Chapter Eight: The World as God's Icon

Chapter Nine: Pope Benedict XVI's Cosmic Soteriology and the Advancement of Catechesis on the EnvironmentIV: Our Catholic Faith in Action; Chapter Ten: Discernment of the Church and the Dynamics of the Climate Change Convention; Chapter Eleven: American Lifestyles and Structures of Sin; Chapter Twelve: American Nature Writing As a Critically-Appropriated Resource for Catholic Ecological Ethics; Appendix A; Appendix B; Index; About the Contributors



Sommario/riassunto

Environmental Justice and Climate Change: Assessing Pope Benedict XVI's Ecological Vision for the Catholic Church in the United States provides the most thorough theological treatment available on Benedict XVI's statements on human responsibility for addressing environmental degradation. Contributors include lay, ordained, and religious Catholic theologians, a philosopher, and bishops highlighting the contributions Pope Emeritus Benedict has made to Catholic teaching while offering fruitful directions for advancing concern about ongoing thr