When the Common Good Takes the Grand(est) Stage The Cosmic Common Good: Religious Grounds for Ecological Ethics, Daniel P. Scheid, Oxford University Press, 2016 (ISBN 978-0-19-935943-1), xvi + 248 pp., hb £19.99
Rooting itself in Catholic social teaching rather than theology of creation, this book develops a novel approach to Catholic ecological ethics. It argues that the traditional conception of the social common good should be fully broadened to encompass all creation, including abiota. Furthermore, the...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2017
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Reviews in religion and theology
Year: 2017, Volume: 24, Issue: 3, Pages: 412-418 |
| Review of: | The cosmic common good (New York : Oxford University Press, 2016) (Andrejč, Gorazd)
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| Further subjects: | B
interreligious theology
B Comparative Theology B Catholic Social Teaching B Common Good B Book review B evolutionary theology B ecological ethics |
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| Summary: | Rooting itself in Catholic social teaching rather than theology of creation, this book develops a novel approach to Catholic ecological ethics. It argues that the traditional conception of the social common good should be fully broadened to encompass all creation, including abiota. Furthermore, the book suggests a comparative-theological approach to ecological ethics through careful conversations with Buddhist, Hindu, and American Lakota conceptions and practices. While its vision of the cosmic common good at times appears too inclusive and perhaps ‘too good to be true’, this book is a valuable contribution to Christian ecological ethics and includes a fresh comparative-theological take on ecological questions. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9418 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Reviews in religion and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/rirt.12955 |