On Earth as It Is in Heaven: Cultivating a Contemporary Theology of Creation (Catholic Theological Formation Series (CTF))

Synopsis

With The 2015 Publication Of Pope Francis's Encyclical Laudato Si’, Many People Of Faith Have Found Themselves Challenged To Seek New Ways Of Addressing Serious Ecological Questions -- Issues Essential To The Flourishing Of All Creatures And Not Just Human Beings. This Volume Brings Together Fifteen Select Scholars To Consider Pressing Contemporary Environmental Concerns Through The Lens Of Catholic Theology. Drawing From The Early Church Fathers And Other Authoritative Voices In The Christian Tradition, The Contributors To On Earth As It Is In Heaven Show How Ancient, Creedal Christianity Offers Significant Insights Into Our Current Ecological Dilemmas And Speaks Powerfully About What It Means For Us Today To Care Well For God’s Good Creation. The Beauty Of Centipedes And Toads / Robert Louis Wilken -- The Place Of Faith In The Geography Of Hope / Christopher J. Thompson -- The Teleological Grammar Of The Created Order In Catholic Moral Discourse / Steven A. Long -- Kingship And Kinship: Opposing Or Complementary Ways Of Envisaging Our Relationship To Material Creation? / Marie George -- Be Fruitful And Multiply, And Fill The Earth: Was This And Is This A Good Idea? / Matthew Levering -- Bonaventure Of Bagnoregio's Imitatio Christi As An Agapistic Virtue Ethics / Dawn M. Nothwehr, Osf -- Restoring Land Stewardship Through Household Prudence / John A. Cuddeback -- Flourishing And Suffering In Social Creatures / Faith Pawl -- Unfinished Creative Business: Maximus The Confessor, Evolutionary Theodicy And Human Stewardship In Creation / Paul M. Blowers -- Knowing Our Place: Poverty And Providence / Christopher A. Franks -- Nature And The Common Good: Aristotle And Maritain On The Environment / Jonathan J. Sanford -- Knowing The Good Of Nature: St. Augustine And George Grant / Paige E. Hochschild -- Rethinking Gluttony And Its Remedies / Chris Killheffer -- Establishing An I-thou Relationship Between Creator And Creature / David Vincent Meconi, Sj -- The Liturgical Theology Of The Participation Of Creation In The Sacred Triduum / Esther Mary Nickel, Rsm. Edited By David Vincent Meconi, Sj. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.