Environmental Justice and Climate Change
Assessing Pope Benedict XVI's Ecological Vision for the Catholic Church in the United States
by Jame Schaefer and Tobias Winright
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Pub Date Dec 01 2013 | Archive Date Jan 13 2014
Rowman & Littlefield | Lexington Books
Description
During
his papacy, Pope Benedict XVI was called ‘the green pope’ because of
his ecological commitments in his writings, statements, and practical
initiatives. Containing twelve essays by lay, ordained, and religious
Catholic theologians and scholars, along with a presentation and a
homily by bishops, Environmental
Justice and Climate Change: Assessing Pope Benedict XVI's Ecological
Vision for the Catholic Church in the United States
explores four key areas in connection with Benedict XVI’s teachings:
human and natural ecology/human life and dignity; solidarity, justice,
poverty and the common good; sacramentality of creation; and our
Catholic faith in action. The product of mutual collaboration by
bishops, scholars and staff, this anthology provides the most thorough
treatment of Benedict XVI’s contributions to ecological teaching and
offers fruitful directions for advancing concern among Catholics in the
United States about ongoing threats to the integrity of Earth.
Jame Schaefer is associate professor of systematic theology and ethics at Marquette University. Her recent publications include Theological Foundations for Environmental Ethics: Reconstructing Patristic and Medieval Concepts and Confronting the Climate Crisis: Catholic Theological Perspectives.
Tobias Winright is associate professor of theological ethics at Saint Louis University. He is the editor of Green Discipleship: Catholic Theological Ethics and the Environment, and co-editor of Violence, Transformation, and the Sacred.
A Note From the Publisher
Advance Praise
The
strength of Catholic environmental theology, ethics, and activism is
that it is solidly rooted in sacred Wisdom — ever ancient, yet ever new.
The magisterial and ecological vision of Benedict XVI (formerly Joseph
Ratzinger, now Pope Emeritus) more than any modern theologian captures
the depth and breadth of that treasure. For anyone who wishes to anchor
their environmental justice and climate change work in the Catholic
faith, these twelve essays are a must read. Each author draws deeply
from Benedict’s rich insights, embedded in sources little know to
ordinary folks, and in down to earth language offers them to us to
enrich, inspire, empower, and mobilize us to “cultivate peace, protect creation.”
— Dawn M. Nothwehr, Catholic Theological Union
This
important scholarly anthology offers Catholic readers, and all persons
of good will, a powerful analysis of Pope Benedict XVI’s insights
regarding the human person, the common good, and the needs of future
generations. Examining Pope Benedict XVI’s authoritative call to respond
to the ecological crisis with “the urgency of a solidarity which
embraces time and space,” the contributors engage the profound sources
of the Catholic theological, philosophical, spiritual, and ethical
traditions to deepen our understanding of the critical questions that
climate change poses to faith and ethics.
With
incisive critiques of modernity, markets, and culture, the authors
affirm Catholic social teaching regarding the universal destination of
created goods and the common good which extends outward to the cosmos.
Engaging a range of interdisciplinary discourses, the articles fluidly
navigate both new thinking and classic intellectual categories to frame
constructive responses to Benedict's imperative call for environmental
responsibility as promulgated in Caritas et Veritate.
In
sum, the volume explores the challenging implications of Catholic
social teaching, and testifies to a compelling vision of creation as a
community that reveals, reflects, and shares God’s truth and love.
— Erin Lothes Biviano, College of Saint Elizabeth
This
anthology is a focused examination of Benedict XVI's thought on our
ecological situation. In both appreciation of how Benedict promoted an
ecological sensitivity in the Catholic community and in pointing readers
toward future developments that ought to occur, the various authors
demonstrate insight, creativity, and a theological vision for the
church. Essays like the ones in this volume are the building blocks for a
Catholic approach to the environment that is theologically grounded and
spiritually rich.
— Kenneth R. Himes, O.F.M., Boston College
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780739183809 |
| PRICE | $100.00 (USD) |
