Laudato Si': Care for Creation at the Center of a New Social Issue

This essay reviews the documents of the pontifical magisterium of the Church from the encyclical Mater et magistra () to the exhortation Evangelii gaudium (2013), in order to show the Church's historical commitment to the defense of the environment. It then argues that Laudato si' elevates...

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Published in:Journal of religious ethics
Subtitles:Focus on Laudato Si'
Main Author: Blanco Gonzalez, Pablo A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2018]
In: Journal of religious ethics
Further subjects:B pontifical magisterium
B Pope Francis
B environmental crisis
B Creation
B Integral Ecology
B Catholic Social Thought
B Rerum Novarum
B Leo XIII
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Summary:This essay reviews the documents of the pontifical magisterium of the Church from the encyclical Mater et magistra () to the exhortation Evangelii gaudium (2013), in order to show the Church's historical commitment to the defense of the environment. It then argues that Laudato si' elevates the theological status of the environmental crisis to that of a new social issue, much as Leo XIII did for the industrial crisis with his encyclical letter Rerum novarum ().
ISSN:1467-9795
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/jore.12225