African Ecological Ethics and Spirituality for Cosmic Flourishing: An African Commentary on Laudato Si’
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This is the definitive African text on ecological ethics, African environmental spirituality, a theology of creation, and climate justice. The contributors to this important volume explore the common threats facing this earth our common home and the particular threats facing Africa because of our sick environment, unsustainable development practices, and the false narratives and programs of modernity in the African Motherland. Here, African environmentalists, theologians, and peace advocates in conversation with Pope Francis's Laudato Si', develop a roadmap for pastoral, local, and global education on ecological consciousness in order to bring about ecological conversion. African ecological wisdom is also offered as indispensable resources for recovering the intimate connection of all creatures and all peoples and as a praxis of solidarity for the poor, and our fragile earth.
“In a unique and unprecedented way, this book shows how the
ecological crisis does not leave Africa bereft of insights and
initiatives. It will delight minds hungry for original voices by
offering an African theology of creation made of integral
eco-spirituality and eco-practices retrieved from the Ubuntu ethic
for abundant life. Immersing yourself in this fruitful conversation
of African scholars with the Pope Francis’s encyclical letter
Laudato Si’ can only energize ecological commitments.”
—Josée Ngalula, Catholic University of Congo
“This compelling collection highlights Africa as a site where the
intersection of harm to the earth and harm to the poorest is
painfully visible. Through short, readable essays rooted in the
local contexts of a diverse set of authors, the consequences of
colonialism are explored and the wisdom of African spirituality is
recovered. The book offers vibrant illustrations of both
unspeakable climate harm and inspiring eco-virtuous practice. The
rest of the world cannot afford to ignore it.”
—Julie Hanlon Rubio, Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara
University
- Title: African Ecological Ethics and Spirituality for Cosmic Flourishing: An African Commentary on Laudato Si’
- Authors: Stan Chu Ilo, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator
- Publisher: Cascade Books
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781666799774, 9781666799767, 9781666738711, 1666799777, 1666799769, 1666738719
- Resource ID: LLS:9781666799774
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T13:34:50Z
Stan Chu Ilo is a research professor of World Christianity and African Studies at the Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology, DePaul University, Chicago, USA. He is the author of A Poor and Merciful Church: The Illuminative Ecclesiology of Pope Francis, and editor of Handbook of African Catholicism (2022). He coordinates the Pan-African Catholic Theology and Pastoral Network.