{"product_id":"a-theology-of-creation-ecology-art-and-laudato-si-9780268205621","title":"A Theology of Creation: Ecology, Art, and Laudato Si'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book provides the first sustained philosophical treatment of Pope Francis's \u003cem\u003eLaudato Si'\u003c\/em\u003e and articulates a theology of creation to recover our place within the cosmos.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the encyclical \u003cem\u003eLaudato Si'\u003c\/em\u003e, Pope Francis discerns beneath the imminent threat of ecological catastrophe an existential affliction of the human person, who is lost in the cosmos, increasingly alienated from self, others, nature, and God. Pope Francis suggests that one must reimagine humanity's place in the created cosmos. In this ambitious and distinctive contribution to theological aesthetics, Thomas S. Hibbs provides the basis for just such a recovery, working from \u003cem\u003eLaudato Si'\u003c\/em\u003e to develop a philosophical and theological diagnosis of our ecological dislocation, a narrative account of the sources of the crisis, and a vision of the way forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough a critical engagement with the artistic theory of Jacques Maritain, Hibbs shows how certain strains of modern art both capture our alienation and anticipate visions of recovered harmony among persons, nature, and God. In the second half of the book, in an attempt to fulfill Pope Francis's plea for an \"aesthetic education\" and to apply and test Maritain's theory, Hibbs examines the work of poets and painters. He analyzes the work of poets Robinson Jeffers and William Everson, and considers painters Georges Roualt, a friend to Maritain, and Makoto Fujimura, whose notion of \"culture care\" overlaps in suggestive ways with Francis's notion of integral ecology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout this tour de force, Hibbs calls for a commitment to an \"ecological poetics,\" a project that responds to the crisis of our times by taking poets and painters as seriously as philosophers and theologians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas S. Hibbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Notre Dame Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Catholic Ideas for a Secular World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780268205621","brand":"University of Notre Dame Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43293848797321,"sku":"9780268205621","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_6bbca1fb-407b-4b5a-a6ec-e8a5ecc9d89f.jpg?v=1737444561","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/a-theology-of-creation-ecology-art-and-laudato-si-9780268205621","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}