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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Published in:Philosophia reformata
Main Author: Heuvel, Steven C. van den (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2018
In: Philosophia reformata
Year: 2018, Volume: 83, Issue: 1, Pages: 51-67
IxTheo Classification:KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KDB Roman Catholic Church
NBC Doctrine of God
NBD Doctrine of Creation
NBE Anthropology
NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics
Further subjects:B Anthropocentrism common creation story ecological crisis environmental ethics Pope Francis Laudato Si’ technology theocentrism
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