CHURCHES CONCERN FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: MAKING SENSE OF A NEW CHRISTIAN DIAKONIA

• Authors: Oviedo Lluis
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

Last years have witnessed an abundance of statements by many Christian Churches aimed to address environmental issues, last one perhaps the Catholic Encyclical Laudato si’. These documents invite theological engagement, especially after becoming aware of the criticism that such proposals might raise in different social and intellectual settings. The present essay tries to expose such criticism and the reasons that could discourage Churches’ environmental engagement, to stimulate a critical and dialogical stance able to move into the ongoing discussion and to answer the most pressing questions

Keywords

EN

Christian diskonia; Laudato si’; Christian Churches; environmental engagement

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
• Journal: Forum Teologiczne
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 18
• Pages: 163-179

Dates

published

2017

Contributors

author

Oviedo Lluis

• Antonianum University

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