The Theocentric Perspective of Laudato Si’: A Critical Discussion
In this article, I focus on Pope Francis’s “green” encyclical, Laudato Si’. After outlining some of its characteristics, I single out the pope’s engagement with anthropocentrism for critical discussion. The pope criticizes anthropocentrism (the view that human beings alone have intrinsic value), see...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Brill
2018
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Philosophia reformata
Año: 2018, Volumen: 83, Número: 1, Páginas: 51-67 |
| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | KAJ Época contemporánea KDB Iglesia católica NBC Dios NBD Creación NBE Antropología NCG Ética ecológica ; ética de la creación |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Anthropocentrism
common creation story
ecological crisis
environmental ethics
Pope Francis
Laudato Si’
technology
theocentrism
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Sumario: | In this article, I focus on Pope Francis’s “green” encyclical, Laudato Si’. After outlining some of its characteristics, I single out the pope’s engagement with anthropocentrism for critical discussion. The pope criticizes anthropocentrism (the view that human beings alone have intrinsic value), seeing it as a root cause of ecological destruction. Instead, he proposes what I would call a theocentric conception of nature. I criticize this view. First, I suggest that the pope is insufficiently critical in adopting a theocentric approach to the common creation story. Secondly, I argue from both a biblical-theological and a philosophical perspective against the pope’s resistance to the anthropocentrism of Genesis 1:26. Thirdly, I argue that because the pope opts for non-anthropocentrism, the encyclical falls short of offering a constructive way forward in relation to functioning in a technocratic society. Through these comments, I seek to strengthen the powerful and important message of this encyclical. |
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| ISSN: | 2352-8230 |
| Obras secundarias: | In: Philosophia reformata
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/23528230-08301004 |