Lexington Books
Pages: 424
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978-1-4985-8005-2 • Hardback • October 2019 • $147.00 • (£113.00)
978-1-4985-8006-9 • eBook • October 2019 • $139.50 • (£108.00)
Matthew Eaton is assistant professor in the Department of Theology at King’s College.
Dennis Patrick O’Hara is associate professor of ecotheology and ethics and director of the Elliott Allen Institute for Theology and Ecology.
Michael Taylor Ross is PhD candidate at the University of St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto/Toronto School of Theology and senior editor for Yale University’s FERNS journal.
Preface: Evolution of the Concept of Integral Ecology in Papal Teaching
Cardinal Peter K. A. Turkson, Cardinal-Priest of San Liborio,
Introduction:
Dennis O’Hara, Matthew Eaton, Michael Ross
Part I: Laudato Si’ in Context
Chapter 1: Laudato Si’: Social Analysis and Political Engagement in the Tradition of Catholic Social Thought
Christopher Vogt, St. John’s University
Chapter 2: A Compassionate Science: Pope Francis, Climate Change, and the Fate of Creation
Stephen Scharper, University of Toronto
Part II: The Throwaway Culture: Consumption and Economics
Chapter 3: Growth is an Idol in a Throwaway Culture: Ecotheology Against Neutrality
Timothy Harvie, St. Mary’s University
Chapter 4: Pope Francis Contra 21st Century Capitalism: The Power of Joined-up Social Ethics
Gerard Mannion, Georgetown University
Chapter 5: Wealthy Hyperagency in the Throwaway Culture: Inequality and Environmental Death
Kate Ward, Marquette University
Chapter 6: The Peril and the Promise of Agriculture in Laudato Si’
Matthew Whelan, Baylor University
Part III: The Gospel of Creation: Theology and Anthropology
Chapter 7: “The ‘Brown Thread’ in Laudato Si’: Grounding Ecological Conversion and Theological Ethics Praxis”
Dawn Nothwehr, Catholic Theological Union
Chapter 8: Ecological Conversion in the Light of Ecofeminist Concerns: A Post-Lonergan Dialogue
Susan Rakoczy, St Joseph’s Theological Institute/University of KwaZulu-Natal
Chapter 9: Reframing Ecotheological Anthropology within a More Integral Ecology
Dennis Patrick O’Hara, University of St. Michael’s College
Chapter 10: Locating Laudato Si’ along a Catholic Trajectory of Concern for Non-Human Animals
Charles Camosy, Fordham University
Part IV: The Technocratic Paradigm: Science and Technology
Chapter 11: From Galileo to Laudato Si’: The Uses of Science: How Science Needs Faith
Guy J. Consolmagno, S.J., Vatican Observatory
Chapter 12: Cosmology, Theology, and Laudato Si’
John Haught, Georgetown University
Chapter 13: The Technocratic Paradigm: Diagnosis and Therapy
Neil Ormerod, Australian Catholic University
Chapter 14: Suffering in the Technocratic Paradigm
Brianne Jacobs, Fordham University
Part V: Social Ecologies: Politics and Activism
Chapter 15: Ecological Citizenship and a New Habitus
Anne Marie Dalton, St. Mary’s University
Chapter 16: Preservationism, Environmental Justice, Smart Growth: Care for Our Common Home
Laura Stivers, Dominican University of California
Chapter 17: Resisting Nuclear Energy in South Africa: Drawing Inspiration from Laudato Si’
Andrew Warmback, St. Paul’s Church, Diocese of Natal, Anglican Church of Southern Africa
Chapter 18: An Integral Issue: Population, Sustainable Development & Sexual Ethics
Michael Ross, University of St. Michael’s College
Part VI: New Lifestyles: Education and Spirituality
Chapter 19: Placing Integral Ecology at the Heart of Education: Transformative Learning in Critical Conversation with Laudato Si’
Christopher Hrynkow, St. Thomas More College
Chapter 20:, Laudato Si’: The Ecological Imperative of the Liturgy
Peter McGrail, Liverpool Hope University
Chapter 21: The Francis Effect? Investigating the Impact of Laudato Si’ on Catholic Climate Change Engagement
Nicholas Smith, University of Westminster
Conclusion: Ecocide as Deicide: Eschatological Lamentation and the Possibility of Hope
Matthew Eaton, Kings College