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Ten Green Commandments of Laudato Si’

Ten Green Commandments of Laudato Si’

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Paperback / softback

£15.99

Publisher: Liturgical Press
ISBN: 9780814663639
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 18/02/2019
Width: 13.7 cm
Height: 21 cm

The publication of Laudato Si’—a papal encyclical on a defining issue of our times—was a moment of great importance for Catholics and for the world. Now Fr. Joshtrom Kureethadam, one of the church’s top experts on the document, provides a thoughtful, passionate, and highly accessible commentary on its key ideas and themes. Faithfully attentive to the outline of the six chapters of the encyclical, Fr. Joshtrom has also insightfully arranged the book according to the See-Judge-Act methodology that is increasingly used in spirituality, moral theology, and the social sciences.

If Pope Francis is right when he insists that the solution to our environmental problems cannot be found only in technocratic approaches by governments and institutions, but by a wide and thoughtful embrace by all of us of our common responsibility, then Fr. Joshtrom’s book is precisely what we need at this time.

Contents
 
Foreword ix
Preface xv
Introduction: “Francis, Go and Repair My House Which, as You See, Is Falling into Ruin” 1
 
Part One
SEEING
(Understanding the Crisis of Our Common Home) 15
     Green Commandment I: Take Care of Our Common Home in Peril 19
     Green Commandment II: Listen to the Cry of the Poor 35
 
Part Two
JUDGING
(Discerning the Crisis of Our Common Home) 51
     Green Commandment III: Rediscover a Theological Vision of the Natural World 55
     Green Commandment IV: Recognize That the Abuse of Creation Is Ecological Sin 73
     Green Commandment V: Acknowledge the Human Roots of the Crisis of Our Common Home 89
 
Part Three
ACTING
(Responding to the Crisis of Our Common Home) 105
     Green Commandment VI: Develop an Integral Ecology 111
     Green Commandment VII: Learn a New Way of Dwelling in Our Common Home 127
     Green Commandment VIII: Educate toward Ecological Citizenship 143
     Green Commandment IX: Embrace an Ecological Spirituality 161
     Green Commandment X: Cultivate Ecological Virtues 181
 
Conclusion: “The Zeal for Your House Shall Inflame Me” 211

Joshtrom Kureethadam

Joshtrom Isaac Kureethadam, a Catholic priest, serves on the staff of the Vatican’s recently created Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. Prior to this work, he was professor of philosophy of science at Rome’s Pontifical Salesian University. His previous book is Creation in Crisis: Science, Ethics, Theology.

Fr. Joshtrom Kureethadam has written a powerful and transformative book. The Ten Green Commandments will ignite a radical environmental effort. He uses elegant words and a graceful style to open our hearts and rekindle our reverence for all living systems. His insight, warmth and care for humanity is very compelling and supports the important scientific facts that are the basis for Laudato Si'."Jacqueline Miller, Founder and CEO of Partnerships for Change This is one of the clearest commentaries that I have read on Laudato Si'. The author stays faithful to the original text and manages to distil and even clarify its essential message with some carefully chosen examples, while not losing nuance. If anyone is in any doubt that questions to do with ecology are bound up with issues of poverty and marginalization, they should read this book. Yet, this author does more than just give information, this book is inspiring to read, and echoes the same combination of depth and spirituality that Pope Francis so wonderfully illustrates himself.Celia Deane-Drummond, Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame Fr. Kureethadam has provided an invaluable guide to the spiritual and theological vision of Laudato Si'. He also shows how ordinary Catholics can turn this vision into a personal action plan for assuming ecological responsibility. A clearly written and deeply challenging volume.John T. Pawlikowski, OSM, Professor Emeritus of Social Ethics, Catholic Theological Union