Course on Laudate Si': Politics, Theology and Beyond

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This course, at the London Jesuit Centre, led by Aidan Cottrell-Boyce, will be held on five Mondays, beginning 20 January 6.30-8pm

The publication of Laudato Si' in 2015 marked an important moment in the life of the Church. With this encyclical Pope Francis announced that the Catholic Church would - for the first time - intervene in the politics of climate justice.

To read Laudato Si' as a document of do-goodery would be a mistake. It is, in the truest sense, a radical text, exhorting Catholics and people of good will of all nations to change their perception of the world, to embrace a 'new way of thinking about human beings, life, society and our relationship with nature.' It is omnivorous in its influences, drawing on the literature of climate science, politics, philosophy and theology.

It proposes practical and political solutions to the foremost problems facing our world today and throws down the gauntlet, not only to political leaders, but to each and every one of us. This course offers an opportunity not only to engage with this document but also to discover new ways to embrace the challenge which it presents

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