Abstract
The commitment to safeguarding Creation inevitably intercepts - almost two millennia ago as today - the question of what concept of 'ownership of the earth' those ancient Christians sought, shared, proposed and hoped for human society. In fact, the practical observation of Wangari Maathai, Kenyan biologist, Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2004, retains the perennial validity of evidence: "When you start working seriously for the environmental cause, many other issues are proposed to you: human rights, women's rights, children's rights … and then you can no longer think only of planting trees [...]"
Translated title of the contribution | [Autom. eng. transl.] "La terra è mia e voi state da me come stranieri e ospiti" / Ἐμὴ γάρ ἐστιν ἡ γῆ, διότι προσήλυτοι καὶ πάροικοι ὑμεῖς ἐστε ἐναντίον μου / The land [...] is mine and you are my strangers and settlers (Lv 25,23) . Mondo creato e proprietà della terra nei Padri della Chiesa: a critical-anthological path |
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Original language | Italian |
Publisher | Istituto Superiore di Scienze Religiose "mons. Alfredo Battisti" di Udine - Studio Teologico Interdiocesano di Gorizia Trieste Udine |
Number of pages | 21 |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Keywords
- Doctrine of Creation, Basil of Caesarea, Co-creation, Early Church Fathers, Desert Fathers, Nature Conservation, Protection of World Heritage Sites
- Doctrine de la Création, Basile de Césarée, Co-création, Pères de l'Église primitive, Pères du désert, Conservation de la nature, Protection des sites du patrimoine mondial