Sublime Communion and the Costs of Evolution

Both the crisis of life on our planet and major developments in the sciences demand a rethinking of the theological understanding of the human in relationship to the rest of the natural world. Since Pope Francis's theology of sublime communion provides an important resource for this work, the f...

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Главный автор: Edwards, Denis 1943-2019 (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: [2019]
В: Irish theological quarterly
Год: 2019, Том: 84, Выпуск: 1, Страницы: 22-38
Нормированные ключевые слова (последовательности):B Католическая церковь (мотив), Папа римский (мотив) (2013-2025 : Franziskus), Verfasserschaft1, Laudato si' / Экологическая этика / Сотворение мира (мотив) / Эволюция / Власть
Индексация IxTheo:KCB Папство
KDB Католическая церковь
NCG Экологическая этика; этика мироздания
Другие ключевые слова:B Pope Francis
B Communion
B philosophical aesthetics
B Sublime
B costs of evolution
B John of the Cross
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Итог:Both the crisis of life on our planet and major developments in the sciences demand a rethinking of the theological understanding of the human in relationship to the rest of the natural world. Since Pope Francis's theology of sublime communion provides an important resource for this work, the first section of the article analyses what is said of this communion in Laudato Si'. In the second section, a critical theological issue is raised, one not dealt with in the encyclical, concerning the costs of evolution: the pain, predation, violence, death, and extinction built into the natural world. In the last two sections, it is proposed that the word sublime that Pope Francis uses is capable of embracing the harsh side of creation, through a brief survey of the distinction between beauty and the sublime in philosophical aesthetics, and then through an exploration of the use of the word sublime in the mystical theology of John of the Cross.
ISSN:1752-4989
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Irish theological quarterly
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0021140018815853