Seán, the trouble is that topics such as greed and "the lifestyle of frugality and simplicity" are not centrally what the crisis that has overtaken us is about. Lots of Christians think that by pract
#8 Why do you imply that awareness-raising is somehow getting in the way of action of that kind? Among religious people generally there is still an inability to connect 'Consider the lilies of the fi
Here is an article about how the youth in the USA (of all places) are taking Obama to court.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/why-young-americans-are-suing-obama-over-climate-change-20160312
#5 I was addressing Sean McDonagh's question 'how do we develop the moral imagination' to avoid environmental mistakes. Your abiding question is different, something like 'how do we give their comep
I think the category of "moral disengageent" might be invoked. It refers to those who work for financial organizations and must operate systems they know to be immoral. Ecologically criminal companies
Be like Jesus. A real world example maybe. This awakening is not enough Sean. Can't sit around and wait for the adults to come to. And the kids, well once they turn of age, they get sucked into th
This letter from Hans Kung is very important. May I quote from the last paragraph of an article of mine due to be published in The Catholic Times next weekend.
"a most significant and charitable actio
Hans Kung continues to inspire me. His book, published in the early 1970s, 'On Being a Christian', opened my mind to the uniqueness of Christ, to his radical nature and to his identification with huma
Sean references the casual opening up of the American prairies, and rapid deforestation in the Philippines, as examples of not knowing what we are doing wrong. He then asks:
"So how do we now develop
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Eco-theologian Fr. Sean McDonagh: Don’t let this ‘Laudato Si” moment pass
March 10 2016Seán, the trouble is that topics such as greed and "the lifestyle of frugality and simplicity" are not centrally what the crisis that has overtaken us is about. Lots of Christians think that by pract
Foot dragging about foot washing!
March 14 2016Chris McDonnell had a useful commentary on this article just before Lent, on this site: "Sharing an intimate act of love", February 5.
Eco-theologian Fr. Sean McDonagh: Don’t let this ‘Laudato Si” moment pass
March 10 2016#8 Why do you imply that awareness-raising is somehow getting in the way of action of that kind? Among religious people generally there is still an inability to connect 'Consider the lilies of the fi
Eco-theologian Fr. Sean McDonagh: Don’t let this ‘Laudato Si” moment pass
March 10 2016Here is an article about how the youth in the USA (of all places) are taking Obama to court. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/why-young-americans-are-suing-obama-over-climate-change-20160312
Eco-theologian Fr. Sean McDonagh: Don’t let this ‘Laudato Si” moment pass
March 10 2016#5 I was addressing Sean McDonagh's question 'how do we develop the moral imagination' to avoid environmental mistakes. Your abiding question is different, something like 'how do we give their comep
Eco-theologian Fr. Sean McDonagh: Don’t let this ‘Laudato Si” moment pass
March 10 2016I think the category of "moral disengageent" might be invoked. It refers to those who work for financial organizations and must operate systems they know to be immoral. Ecologically criminal companies
Eco-theologian Fr. Sean McDonagh: Don’t let this ‘Laudato Si” moment pass
March 10 2016Be like Jesus. A real world example maybe. This awakening is not enough Sean. Can't sit around and wait for the adults to come to. And the kids, well once they turn of age, they get sucked into th
The question of infallibility
March 12 2016This letter from Hans Kung is very important. May I quote from the last paragraph of an article of mine due to be published in The Catholic Times next weekend. "a most significant and charitable actio
The question of infallibility
March 12 2016Hans Kung continues to inspire me. His book, published in the early 1970s, 'On Being a Christian', opened my mind to the uniqueness of Christ, to his radical nature and to his identification with huma
Eco-theologian Fr. Sean McDonagh: Don’t let this ‘Laudato Si” moment pass
March 10 2016Sean references the casual opening up of the American prairies, and rapid deforestation in the Philippines, as examples of not knowing what we are doing wrong. He then asks: "So how do we now develop
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