{"title":"Series: Catholic Ideas for a Secular World","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eCatholic Ideas for a Secular World\u003c\/strong\u003e series explores timeless principles through a diverse range of subjects, from philosophy and finance to history and health. These titles invite readers to reflect on faith’s relevance amidst contemporary challenges, offering insights that bridge traditional values with modern thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhether delving into ethical entrepreneurship, personal wellbeing, or cultural narratives, this collection encourages a thoughtful engagement with the world. It appeals to those seeking to understand how Catholic perspectives enrich various fields, inspiring both intellectual curiosity and practical wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-theology-of-creation-by-thomas-s-hibbs-9780268205638","title":"A Theology of Creation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book provides the first sustained philosophical treatment of Pope Francis's \u003cem\u003eLaudato Si'\u003c\/em\u003e and articulates a theology of creation to recover our place within the cosmos.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the encyclical \u003cem\u003eLaudato Si'\u003c\/em\u003e, Pope Francis discerns beneath the imminent threat of ecological catastrophe an existential affliction of the human person, who is lost in the cosmos, increasingly alienated from self, others, nature, and God. Pope Francis suggests that one must reimagine humanity's place in the created cosmos. In this ambitious and distinctive contribution to theological aesthetics, Thomas S. Hibbs provides the basis for just such a recovery, working from \u003cem\u003eLaudato Si'\u003c\/em\u003e to develop a philosophical and theological diagnosis of our ecological dislocation, a narrative account of the sources of the crisis, and a vision of the way forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough a critical engagement with the artistic theory of Jacques Maritain, Hibbs shows how certain strains of modern art both capture our alienation and anticipate visions of recovered harmony among persons, nature, and God. In the second half of the book, in an attempt to fulfill Pope Francis's plea for an \"aesthetic education\" and to apply and test Maritain's theory, Hibbs examines the work of poets and painters. He analyzes the work of poets Robinson Jeffers and William Everson, and considers painters Georges Roualt, a friend to Maritain, and Makoto Fujimura, whose notion of \"culture care\" overlaps in suggestive ways with Francis's notion of integral ecology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout this tour de force, Hibbs calls for a commitment to an \"ecological poetics,\" a project that responds to the crisis of our times by taking poets and painters as seriously as philosophers and theologians.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47397720916204,"sku":"9780268205638","price":121.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/f1412501854858720710fd6ed100313d.jpg?v=1773778974"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/series-catholic-ideas-for-a-secular-world.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}