Hydrology, Theology, and Laudato Si’
The encyclical Laudato Si’ is a sustained theological and ethical reflection on ecology. Within Laudato Si’ the topic of fresh water is useful to consider as a contemporary issue foregrounded in the first chapter of the encyclical and as a representative topic for how the natural and social sciences...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
[2016]
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Theological studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 77, Issue: 2, Pages: 416-435 |
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Catholic church, Pope (2013- : Franziskus), Verfasserschaft1, Laudato si'
/ Catholic church
/ Environmental ethics
/ Hydrology
/ History 1990-2015
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KCB Papacy KDB Roman Catholic Church NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics |
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| Summary: | The encyclical Laudato Si’ is a sustained theological and ethical reflection on ecology. Within Laudato Si’ the topic of fresh water is useful to consider as a contemporary issue foregrounded in the first chapter of the encyclical and as a representative topic for how the natural and social sciences are integrated into the pope’s modes of ethical analysis. A consideration of fresh water as a socio-natural substance in a pluralistic age suggests important directions for social ethics and moral theology in an era characterized by planetary degradation, social exclusions, and embodied burdens. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-1304 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040563916640448 |