Theology the Environment

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

This course will examine Christian environmental ethics. Some topics we will cover are: Christian theological interpretations of creation/nature (including how/why nature is valued in a Christian perspective), methodological approaches to environmental ethics, and the interplay between environmental ethics narrowly understood and other ethical topics (e.g., climate change and its impact on the poor). We will use the recent encyclical by Pope Francis on the environment (Laudato Si ,“On Care for Our Common Home”) to frame some of these questions.