Ecological pope challenges the Anthropocene Epoch
For Our Common Home: Process-Relational Responses to Laudato si’,
Format:
Book Chapter
Publication Date:
2015/09/30/T19:47:52Z
Publisher:
Process Century Press
Pages:
52 - 57
Sources ID:
79866
Collection:
Anthropocene and the Environmental Future
Visibility:
Public (group default)
Abstract:
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In his recent encyclical Laudatio si', On Care for our Common Home, Pope Francis is a biocentric holist, advocating "integral ecology." He fully recognizes that humans need nature as natural resources, but he limits such use with a recognition of intrinsic value in God's created order. He laments biodiversity losses, celebrating all creatures great and small. He is scientifically informed, and in result asks for a transformed world view, limiting excessive technology and taming rapacious capitalism, simultaneously conserving nature and opening up opportunity for impoverished peoples. The encyclical is about environment and equally a socio-economic critique. Those concerned with environmental ethics can welcome a new and powerful voice for saving the Earth.