{"product_id":"our-mother-earth-a-christian-reading-of-the-challenge-of-the-environment-paperback","title":"Our Mother Earth: A Christian Reading of the Challenge of the Environment - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePope Francis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEcumenical Patriarch Bartholomew\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGathered from the writings and discourses of Pope Francis on the environment, \u003ci\u003eOur Mother Earth\u003c\/i\u003e sets forth a Christian vision of ecology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResponding to our global ecological crisis, Pope Francis says, will require a global approach in which the whole human family in the search for a sustainable and integral development unites to protect our common home.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePollution, climate change, loss of biodiversity, and exploitation of resources will grow exponentially if we do not change our direction in the short term. We need an environmental conversion, Pope Francis says. For this to be possible, we need a truly ecological education to create a renewed awareness and a renewed conscience.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn an exclusive new essay that concludes \u003ci\u003eOur Mother Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, Pope Francis develops a theology of ecology in a profoundly spiritual discourse. This final chapter offers thoughts on how a Christian vision of care for the earth goes well beyond a secular vision of ecology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis means that it is for humanity's capacity for communion to condition the state of creation. ... It is therefore humanity's destiny to determine the destiny of the universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGathered from the writings and discourses of Pope Francis on the environment, \u003ci\u003eOur Mother Earth\u003c\/i\u003e sets forth a Christian vision of ecology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResponding to our global ecological crisis, Pope Francis says, will require a global approach in which \"the whole human family in the search for a sustainable and integral development\" unites to protect our common home.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePollution, climate change, loss of biodiversity, and exploitation of resources will grow exponentially if we do not change our direction in the short term. We need an \"environmental conversion,\" Pope Francis says. For this to be possible, we need a truly ecological education to create a renewed awareness and a renewed conscience.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn an exclusive new essay that concludes \u003ci\u003eOur Mother Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, Pope Francis develops a \"theology of ecology\" in a profoundly spiritual discourse. This final chapter offers thoughts on how a Christian vision of care for the earth goes well beyond a secular vision of ecology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This means that it is for humanity's capacity for communion to condition the state of creation. ... It is therefore humanity's destiny to determine the destiny of the universe.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.9 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 09, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768437604640,"sku":"9781681926698","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9fbcd6f20a59cde545d870c08afacf5e.webp?v=1780329692","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/our-mother-earth-a-christian-reading-of-the-challenge-of-the-environment-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}