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Everyday Solidarity: A Framework For Integrating Theological Ethics And Ordinary Life, Conor M. Kelly
Everyday Solidarity: A Framework For Integrating Theological Ethics And Ordinary Life, Conor M. Kelly
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
As moral theology responds to the pastoral emphases of Pope Francis’s pontificate, more work must be done to facilitate the integration of theological ethics and ordinary life. In order to pursue this goal in a consistent fashion, this article proposes a new form of “everyday solidarity” as a framework for linking Catholic theological convictions with everyday moral choices. The article clarifies the often-ambiguous notion of solidarity found in Catholic social teaching and describes how the new species of everyday solidarity can function as both a principle and a virtue to transform discernment in ordinary life.
Laudato Si’: Integral Ecology And Preferential Option For The Poor, Alexandre A. Martins
Laudato Si’: Integral Ecology And Preferential Option For The Poor, Alexandre A. Martins
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
This essay examines Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato si’ from a Latin American perspective and its reception in this part of the world, especially in Brazil. It focuses on two aspects of Laudato si’: its dialogical approach, and the connection it makes between ecological issues and poverty. These two aspects allow us to understand Francis’s proposal of integral ecology and how the preferential option for the poor becomes central to his perspective. In addition, this essay explains how Latin American theology and pastoral experience are present in Pope Francis’s thought.
Filling The Gaps In Civil Society The Role Of The Catholic Church In Latin American Democratization, John Thiede, Matthew Carnes
Filling The Gaps In Civil Society The Role Of The Catholic Church In Latin American Democratization, John Thiede, Matthew Carnes
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
In this paper, we seek to draw lessons about the roles that religious institutions can play in promoting democracy in deeply divided societies by examining the experience of the Catholic Church in Latin America. We focus on the cases of Chile and El Salvador, two countries where the Catholic Church played a decisive role in advancing democracy after autocratic military rule. These two cases illustrate where theology and action productively promoted social change in highly conflictual societies. We note challenges to democracy in the region, but also new opportunities in the era of the first Latin American pope, Francis.
Cultural Immersion And Global Health: An Experience Among The Guaranis, Alexandre A. Martins
Cultural Immersion And Global Health: An Experience Among The Guaranis, Alexandre A. Martins
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
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Jesuit And Feminist Hospitality: Pope Francis’ Virtue Response To Inequality, Kate Ward
Jesuit And Feminist Hospitality: Pope Francis’ Virtue Response To Inequality, Kate Ward
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
Pope Francis is the first Jesuit pope and has made economic inequality a theme of his pontificate. This article shows that Pope Francis diagnoses economic inequality as both a structural problem and a problem of virtue, and that the virtue he calls for in response is what James F. Keenan, SJ has called Jesuit hospitality. Reviewing contemporary theological work on hospitality, I show that Francis’ Jesuit hospitality shares many features with hospitality as described by feminist theologians. Namely, it is risky, takes place across difference, acknowledges the marginality of both host and guest, and promises mutual benefit to each party. …
Motivated For Action And Collaboration: The Abrahamic Religions And Climate Change, Jame Schaefer
Motivated For Action And Collaboration: The Abrahamic Religions And Climate Change, Jame Schaefer
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
Leaders of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have publicly advocated action to mitigate the adverse effects of human-forced climate change. Particularly prominent prior to, during, and after the 21st Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change were Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Pope Francis, and Patriarch Bartholomew. Also prominent was a group of Islamic clerics, leaders of organizations, and scholars who collaborated in issuing a declaration on climate change three months prior to COP 21. Informed by the Earth sciences, these leaders shared their faith-based rationales for acting locally to internationally as indicated in the documents explored …