Sustainable Communities and Eucharistic Communities: Laudato Si', Northern Appalachia, and Redemptive Recovery
What difference does Jesus make for environmental issues? In his encyclical, Laudato Si’, Pope Francis attempts an answer. He underscores the need for a sustainable notion of development, one that is, this paper proposes, grounded in a robustly Eucharistic vision equipped to foster an authentic inte...
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| Language: | English |
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The Journal of Moral Theology, Inc.
2017-03-01
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| Series: | Journal of Moral Theology |
| Online Access: | https://jmt.scholasticahq.com/article/11341-sustainable-communities-and-eucharistic-communities-laudato-si-northern-appalachia-and-redemptive-recovery |
| Summary: | What difference does Jesus make for environmental issues? In his encyclical, Laudato Si’, Pope Francis attempts an answer. He underscores the need for a sustainable notion of development, one that is, this paper proposes, grounded in a robustly Eucharistic vision equipped to foster an authentic integral ecology aimed to reverse the cycle of ecological decline. Leaning heavily on the thought of Bernard Lonergan, this paper hopes to explore the missiological underpinnings of this often-neglected vision and in so doing achieve two ends: first, theologically, to recapture the Eucharistic heart of these ecclesial documents and second, pastorally, to consider the concrete instantiations of this vision in Northern Appalachia. |
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| ISSN: | 2166-2851 2166-2118 |