Govert Buijs speaks to Carmody Grey about Integral Ecology and the Encyclical Laudato Si', by Pope Francis (2015).
Carmody Grey is the newly appointed special professor in Integral Ecology at the Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands. The chair is part of the Laudato Si' Institute for Integral Ecology in cooperation with Socires, the independent think tank in The Hague. Carmody Grey's doctoral thesis Theology, Science and Life (2019) was published by T&T Clark in 2023 and is available in paperback, hardback and e-book.
Govert Buijs is philosopher and professor at the VU University Amsterdam in Political Philosophy, Worldview and Economics--
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00:00 Personal introduction
01:28 Laudato Si' and Catholic Social Teaching
09:10 How a social encyclical like Laudato Si' comes about
14:57 Ecological concern is native to the Christian tradition
17:08 Distinct focus, intertwinement and scope of Laudato Si'
18:20 Has Christian anthropology caused the ecological crisis? (Lynn White)
22:25 Estrangement from nature as our common home (Günther Anders)
25:34 Unequal responsibility for ecological destruction
28:20 Integral ecology unifies environmental and social justice
30:30 Carmody's personal journey towards integral ecology
35:42 Remaining hopeful in spite of the climate crisis (Václav Havel, Rowan Williams)
42:00 Hope as the condition for action (Pope Benedict XVI, Bryan Stevenson, MLK)
44:50 Bridging the divide between a Christian hope and a secular world (Thomas Merton)
50:23 The human sense of identity, meaning, purpose and value
55:00 Interpreting the turning political tide against ecological concern
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Mentioned resources (chronological order)
Encyclical Letter Laudato Si' of the Holy Father Francis on Care for our Common Home (2015) https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html
Lynn T. White. "The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis." Science, Vol 155, Issue 3767 (March 10, 1967) https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.155.3767.1203.
Günther Anders. Die Antiquiertheit des Menschen. Volume 1. München: Beck, 1956. English translation: https://libcom.org/book/export/html/51647. And Volume 2. München: Beck, 1980. English translation: https://files.libcom.org/files/ObsolescenceofManVol%20IIGunther%20Anders.pdf.
Hannah Ritchie. Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet. London: Chatto & Windus, 2024.
"Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out." From Havel, Václav. "Never Hope against Hope" Esquire Magazine (October1, 1993) https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a12135/vaclav-havel-hope-6619552/.
Rowan Williams. The Tragic Imagination: The Literary Agenda. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.
Encyclical Letter Spe Salvi of the Supreme Pontiff Benedict XVI to the Bishops, Priests and Deacons, men and women religious, and all the lay faithful on Christian Hope (2007) https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20071130_spe-salvi.html
Equal Justice Initiative founded by Bryan Stevenson (JD): https://eji.org
Martin Luther King. "I Have a Dream" (1963) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3170387.stm.
David Foster Wallace. "This is Water" (2005) https://fs.blog/david-foster-wallace-this-is-water/.
