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Environmentalism and development in the Catholic social teaching: a case of the encyclical Laudato Si'

In this paper an attempt has been made to contextualize ecological dimension of the contemporary Catholic social teaching. With this aim in mind, the authors discuss the merits of several theories and approaches (political economy approaches, ecological modernization theory, environmental justice theory, and social constructionism) coming from environmental sociology and other disciplinary traditions in the social sciences. After an analysis of relevant historical documents of the Catholic social teaching with respect to the environmental issues covered by them, the authors discuss main lines of argument present in the recent (2015) encyclical Laudato Si' (Pope Francis) and interpret them in the aforementioned theoretical framework. In conclusion, the usefulness of the Catholic social teaching for the public dialog between science and other relevant stakeholders, as well as its main strengths and weaknesses have been discussed.

Catholic social teaching ; Laudato Si' ; environmental sociology ; development ; environment ; ecological crisis

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