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Is the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines Turning Dark Green? Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines’ Environmentalism from Anti-Mining to Climate Crisis Response
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Jeane C. Peracullo
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June 2, 2023
Abstract
The article examines whether the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has become “dark green.” It explores CBCP’s pastoral letters on environmental issues from 1988 to 2019. Using the framework outlined by Bron Taylor in Dark Green Religion: Nature, Spirituality, and the Planetary Future, I argue that there are shifts in the environmental consciousness of the Catholic Bishops, as evident in the pastoral letters. Since 1988, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines has exhibited a reliable commitment to environmentalism and its prophetic mission amidst various environmental challenges.
Zusammenfassung
Die philippinische Bischofskonferenz bezieht seit Jahrzehnten Stellung zu ökologischen Problemen – ist sie im Zuge dessen „dunkelgrün“ geworden im Sinne des Umweltphilosophen Bron Taylor? Diese Frage untersucht der Aufsatz anhand der Hirtenbriefe ab 1988 und zeichnet dabei zentrale Entwicklungen im Umweltbewusstsein der Bischöfe nach.
Keywords: Philippine Catholic Church; dark green religion; environmental consciousness; environmentalism
Stichwörter: Römisch-katholische Kirche auf den Philippinen; Dark Green Religion; ökologisches Bewusstsein; Umweltschutz
Published Online: 2023-06-02
Published in Print: 2023-07-31
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Keywords for this article
Philippine Catholic Church;
dark green religion;
environmental consciousness;
environmentalism
Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Frontmatter
- Research Articles
- Vorwort
- Wilhelm Gräb (1948–2023)
- Is the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines Turning Dark Green? Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines’ Environmentalism from Anti-Mining to Climate Crisis Response
- Decentering the Human in Practical Theologies of Care: An EARTH Method
- Meaning-Making Mechanisms on the Boundary between Religion and Sports
- My Body is Where I Exist: Poverty, Disability, and Embodied Resistance as a Theology of Practice
- The Learning of “Integration” in Theological Field Education: A Grounded Theory Study in the Experience of Hong Kong Theological Students
- Empowerment and Transformation: Correlating John of the Cross and Judith Herman for Trauma Healing
- Research Report
- For the Sake of the Church
- Book Reviews
- Kirstine Helboe Johansen and Ulla Schmidt (eds.), Practice, Practice Theory and Theology. Scandinavian and German Perspectives, Practical Theology in the Discourse of the Humanities, Vol. 28, Berlin/Boston (DeGruyter) 2022, 286 pp., ISBN 9783110743760, €99.95
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