Introduction: Integral Ecology
The Winter 2015 issue of Communio is dedicated to the theme of “Integral Ecology.”
Winter 2015
Integral Ecology
Habits of Presence and the Generosity of Creation: Ecology in Light of Integral Human Development
David L. SchindlerRealization of a true ecology demands . . . the genuine ‘presencing’ of beings to each other, even as this presencing demands recognition of a giftedness, hence generosity, inherent in beings—indeed, in all beings.
Work as Contemplation: On the Platonic Notion of Technê
D. C. SchindlerWhen we see technê, human work, as determined by reality precisely as true, good, and beautiful, the practice it entails brings man into contact with a whole universe of meaning that eventually involves man’s most determinative relationships.
Ecology on One’s Knees: Reading Laudato Si’
Mary TaylorRead in a trinitarian key, Laudato si’ is a song, a hymn to the Creator God.
Reading Natural Hierarchy in a Trinitarian Key
Susan WaldsteinThe different levels of natural beings express different aspects of God’s goodness and make possible an ordered whole in which lower parts serve higher parts and each part serves the whole.
Economics, Ecology, and Our Common Home: The Limits of a Preference-based Approach to Human Behavior
Patrick FlemingWe cede too much ground—we lose too much that is necessarily human—when we pretend that we can study the economy solely as a way to allocate scarce means, without a discussion of ends.
Gospel of Creation and the Technocratic Paradigm: Reflections on a Central Teaching of Laudato Si'
Michael HanbyFailure to grasp human creatureliness . . . will result inevitably in a reduced and instrumental understanding of nature and in the reduction of the world to a mere environment.
Seeing with Christ in a Culture of Power
Christine MyersSeeking the truth calls for a contemplative stance attentive to the whole.
Created by God
Romano GuardiniGod speaks and it is.