Creation as an Ecumenical Problem: Renewed Belief through Green Experience

Authors

Thomas Hughson, Marquette UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Publication Date

12-2014

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Source Publication

Theological Studies

Source ISSN

0040-5639

Original Item ID

DOI: 10.1177/0040563914548655

Abstract

Loss of a sense of creaturehood and of members has occurred across the lines of divided churches in a secular context. The author explores the question whether green experience of nature can be a path toward a renewed sense of creaturehood. Bernard Lonergan’s distinction between faith and belief allows for identifying a primordial faith that interprets the cosmos as numinous. Ignatius of Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises interprets primordial faith with the biblical word of God as Creator. Why not develop local ecumenical experiments in reevangelization that address green experience?

Comments

Accepted version. Theological Studies, Vol. 75, No. 4 (December 2014): 816-846. DOI.© 2014 by Theological Studies, Inc. Used with permission.

Recommended Citation

Hughson, Thomas, "Creation as an Ecumenical Problem: Renewed Belief through Green Experience" (2014). Theology Faculty Research and Publications. 523.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/theo_fac/523