An ecological perspective in the evolutionary theology

Wojciech P. Grygiel

doi:10.21697/spch.2020.56.4.13

Opublikowane: 2020-12-31

Tom 56 Nr 4 (2020)

An ecological perspective in the evolutionary theology

Wojciech P. Grygiel

Studia Philosophiae Christianae

Dział: Artykuły naukowe

https://doi.org/10.21697/spch.2020.56.4.13

Abstrakt

A new paradigm in theology, termed evolutionary theology, supports the understanding of ecology as the proper ordering of the relations between living organisms and their environment. It is argued that evolutionary theology yields a unique conceptual framework in which the human species share a common history with the entire Universe and respecting nature’s integrity means securing a common destiny to everything that exists. This is a powerful motivation for adopting a balanced ecological attitude aimed at respecting nature’s inherent integrity. Furthermore, proposing theological arguments to substantiate ecological claims will help neutralize the objections that religion as such promotes anti-ecological attitudes. Such objections become more pressing when religion focuses exclusively on the afterlife in the immaterial and eternal world to come, and neglects the well-being of the material and temporal Universe.

--------------

Zgłoszono: 30/08/2020. Zrecenzowano: 07/10/2020. Zaakceptowano do publikacji: 12/11/2020

Słowa kluczowe:

evolution, ecology, harmony, picture of the world, new creation

Inne teksty tego samego autora

Wojciech P. Grygiel, Evolutionary theology: a new chapter in the relations between theology and science , Studia Philosophiae Christianae: Tom 56 Nr 3 (2020)

Pobierz pliki

PDF (English)

Zasady cytowania

Grygiel, W. P. (2020). An ecological perspective in the evolutionary theology. Studia Philosophiae Christianae, 56(4), 277–292. https://doi.org/10.21697/spch.2020.56.4.13

Cited by / Share

Bibliografia

Ayala F.J., Darwin’s Gift to Science and Religion, Joseph Henry Press, Washington 2007.
Google Scholar

Benedict XVI, Address to the Diplomatic Corps Accredited to the Holy See (8 January 2007): AAS 2007, Vol. 99, 73.
Google Scholar

de Chardin T., The Phenomenon of Man, William Collins, London 1959.
Google Scholar

Edwards D., The God of Evolution: A Trinitarian Theology, Paulist Press, New York 1999.
Google Scholar

Einstein A., The World As I See It, Forum and Century 84(1931), 193-194.
Google Scholar

Francis, Encyclical Laudato si’, Vatican City State 2015.
Google Scholar

Grygiel W.P., Evolutionary Theology: A New Chapter in the Relations between Theology and Science, Studia Philosophiae Christianae 56(2020)3, 101-123. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21697/spch.2020.56.3.05
Google Scholar

Grygiel W.P., In What Sense Can the Scientifically Driven Theology Be Considered as the Continuation of the Doctrinal Tradition?, Theological Research 6(2018), 31-52. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15633/thr.3522
Google Scholar

Haught J., God After Darwin: A Theology of Evolution, Westview Press, Boulder 2008.
Google Scholar

Haught J., Is Nature Enough?: Meaning and Truth in the Age of Science, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2006. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511809279
Google Scholar

Haught J., Making Sense of Evolution: Darwin, God and the Drama of Life, Westminster John Knox Press 2010.
Google Scholar

Haught J., Resting on the Future: Catholic Theology for an Unfinished Universe, Bloomsbury, New York – London – Oxford – New Delhi – Sydney 2015.
Google Scholar

Haught J., The New Cosmic Story: Inside Our Awakening Universe, Yale University Press, New Haven – London 2017.
Google Scholar

Heller M., Filozofia przypadku, Copernicus Center Press, Kraków 2012.
Google Scholar

Heller M., Naukowy obraz świata a zadanie teologa, in: Obrazy świata w teologii i w naukach przyrodniczych, eds. M. Heller, S. Budzik, S. Wszołek, Biblos, Tarnów 1996, 13-27.
Google Scholar

Heller M., Sens życia i sens Wszechświata, Biblos, Tarnów 2002.
Google Scholar

John Paul II, Catechesis (17 January 2001), Insegnamenti 41(2001), 179.
Google Scholar

John XXIII, Encyclical Pacem in Terris, Vatican City State 1963. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00396336308440402
Google Scholar

Liana Z., Teologia a naukowe obrazy świata, in: Wiara i nauka, ed. J. Mączka, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków 2010, 69-90.
Google Scholar

Passmore J., Man’s Responsibility for Nature, Scribner, New York 1974.
Google Scholar

Paul VI, Apostolic Letter Octogesima Adveniens, Vatican City State 1971.
Google Scholar

Peacocke A., Theology for a Scientific Age, Fortress Press, Minneapolis 1993.
Google Scholar

Pedersen O., The Two Books: Historical Notes on Some Interactions Between Natural Science and Theology, Vatican Observatory Foundation, Vatican City State 2007.
Google Scholar

Rahner K., Anthropologie (theologische), in: Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche, eds. J. Höfer, K. Rahner, Freiburg/Br. 1957-67, col. 618-627.
Google Scholar

Rahner K., Christology Within an Evolutionary World, in: K. Rahner, Theological Investigations V, Helicon Press, Baltimore 1966, 157-192.
Google Scholar

St. Augustine, De Genesi ad litteram I, ed. J. Zecha, Bibliopola Academiae Litterarum Caesareae, Vienna 1894.
Google Scholar

St. Basil, De legendis gentilium libris, ed. F. Boulenger, Paris 1935.
Google Scholar

St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Contra Gentiles III and IV (Latin-English Opera Omnia), ed. The Aquinas Institute, Emmaus Academic 2019.
Google Scholar

Turek J., Filozoficzno-światopoglądowe implikacje dynamicznego obrazu wszechświata, in: Obrazy świata w teologii i w naukach przyrodniczych, eds. M. Heller, S. Budzik, S. Wszołek, Biblos, Tarnów 1996, 125-145.
Google Scholar

Vaticanum II, Dei Verbum, in: Vatican Council II, The Conciliar and Post Conciliar Documents, ed. A. Flannery, Costello Publishing Company, Northport – New York 1980, 750-765.
Google Scholar