Published: 2020-12-31

The philosophical dimension of Pope Francis’s theory of ecological spirituality in the light of Thomistic philosophy

Kazimierz Mikucki
Studia Philosophiae Christianae
Section: Papers
https://doi.org/10.21697/spch.2020.56.4.12

Abstract

This article is an attempt to isolate and describe the philosophical aspects of Pope Francis’s theory of ecological spirituality and compare them with Thomistic thought, as developed by Polish philosophers in modern times. This is something philosophers have already noticed, because this type of spirituality is about man’s relationship with the most generally understood reality, i.e. himself, nature, culture and religion. Our examination of both positions will reveal numerous analogies as well as some differences in their understanding of nature, the human person, culture (ethics) and religion, which at least partly can be explained by the ambiguity of some papal formulations.

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Received: 19/08/2020. Reviewed: 26/09/2020. Accepted: 18/10/2020

Keywords:

ecological spirituality, Pope Francis, Thomism, nature, man, culture, religion

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Mikucki, K. (2020). The philosophical dimension of Pope Francis’s theory of ecological spirituality in the light of Thomistic philosophy. Studia Philosophiae Christianae, 56(4), 257–275. https://doi.org/10.21697/spch.2020.56.4.12

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