Living Upside Down: Inverting Consumerism's Notion of Freedom
Pope Francis's efforts to reduce the worst effects of global climate change can be enhanced by recourse to some of Augustine's insights into excessive self-love; by criticizing consumerism's ideal of freedom as the absence of constraint with the help of Michael Sandel and David Kelsey...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
[2018]
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Theology today
Year: 2018, Volume: 74, Issue: 4, Pages: 376-395 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KCB Papacy KDB Roman Catholic Church NBE Anthropology NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Augustine
B Michael Sandel B Consumerism B David H. Kelsey B Pope Francis B Climate Change B Francis, Pope, 1936- B Liberty B Laudato Sí B Freedom |
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| Summary: | Pope Francis's efforts to reduce the worst effects of global climate change can be enhanced by recourse to some of Augustine's insights into excessive self-love; by criticizing consumerism's ideal of freedom as the absence of constraint with the help of Michael Sandel and David Kelsey; and by identifying resources in Augustine, Francis, and Sandel for how to envision forms of life that, by enacting a deeper, bounded freedom, are healthier for humanity and for the rest of the planet. |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040573617731713 |