Description
Against the background of ecological devastation in the Americas, a growing list has emerged of environmental defenders whose care for our common home has cost them their lives. In Ecomartyrdom in the Americas, Elizabeth Gandolfo explores the meaning of their witness in relation to three recent developments in Catholic theology: the expanded understanding of martyrdom to include those who die in defense of gospel values (justice, concern for the poor); the expansion of Catholic social teaching to include care for creation; and the call for interreligious dialogue and cooperation.
Author: Gandolfo
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 03/30/2023
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.11h x 5.35w x 0.71d
ISBN13: 9781626985124
ISBN10: 162698512X
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christianity | Catholic
- Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy
About the Author
Elizabeth O'Donnell Gandolfo is Edith B. and Arthur E. Earley Assistant Professor of Catholic and Latin American Studies at Wake Forest University School of Divinity, Winston-Salem, NC. She is the author of The Power and Vulnerability of Love: A Theological Anthropology and co-author of Re-membering the Reign of God: The Decolonial Witness of El Salvador's Church of the Poor.