Climate Crisis and Biblical Ecological Readings in Pope Francis’s Writings

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ID21244866
AuthorsJuan-Carlos Inostroza (0000-0003-1170-5316, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume13
Issue1
Pages143-159
Publication date2025-03-27
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueScientia et Fides (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2353-5636 • E-ISSN: 2300-7648
PublisherUniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika/Nicolaus Copernicus University (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.12775/setf.2025.008
OpenAlexW4408890533
LanguageEN
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The Climate Crisis is not just biological or physical; it also constitutes a value and spiritual crisis. Ecological reading of the Bible is a very recent approach that has entered the exegetical field practically from 2000 onwards. In recent decades, the Catholic Church, especially under the leadership of Pope Francis, is contributing with a proactive and urgent discourse to promote the value of nature and the global ecological commitment. This article analyzes and evaluates the current discourse of the Catholic Church, focusing our assessment especially on the ecological reading of three documents: Laudato Si ́, Querida Amazonia and Laudate Deum, which presents relevant convergences and divergences with the current trends in ecological hermeneutics. First, we address Francis’s ecological reading, articulating two main aspects: the creational and eschatological perspectives concerning the earth and the ecological debate. Finally, we offer some conclusions that invite an evaluative dialogue between Francis’s ecological reading and others of similar sensitivity and hermeneutics

Biology · Climate change · Ecological crisis · Environmental ethics · Theology · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Ecology

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