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Thomas Berry and the Reshaping of Catholic Environmentalism: From Human Well-Being to Biodiversity.
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Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture & Ecology . 2020, Vol. 24 Issue 2, p156-183. 28p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- This article criticizes the so-called "stewardship paradigm," which forms the theological basis for Catholic environmentalism, and argues that Thomas Berry's cosmology provides a more theologically palatable platform for developing Catholic environmentalism. The substantive ethical shift emerging from Berry's cosmology is the displacement of human well-being as the proximate norm for human behavior in favor of promoting biodiversity on planet Earth. In other words, biodiversity is the primary ethical good, and human well-being is secondary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *HUMAN behavior
*BIODIVERSITY
*WELL-being
*BERRIES
*ENVIRONMENTALISM
*EARTH (Planet)
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13635247
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture & Ecology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 144565204
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1163/15685357-20201006