The Ten Green Commandments of Laudato Si’

Joshtrom Isaac Kureethadam, a Catholic priest, serves on the staff of the Vatican’s recently created Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. Prior to this work, he was professor of philosophy of science at Rome’s Pontifical Salesian University. His previous book is Creation in Crisis: Science, Ethics, Theology.

Contents
 
Foreword ix
Preface xv
Introduction: “Francis, Go and Repair My House Which, as You See, Is Falling into Ruin” 1
 
Part One
SEEING
(Understanding the Crisis of Our Common Home) 15
     Green Commandment I: Take Care of Our Common Home in Peril 19
     Green Commandment II: Listen to the Cry of the Poor 35
 
Part Two
JUDGING
(Discerning the Crisis of Our Common Home) 51
     Green Commandment III: Rediscover a Theological Vision of the Natural World 55
     Green Commandment IV: Recognize That the Abuse of Creation Is Ecological Sin 73
     Green Commandment V: Acknowledge the Human Roots of the Crisis of Our Common Home 89
 
Part Three
ACTING
(Responding to the Crisis of Our Common Home) 105
     Green Commandment VI: Develop an Integral Ecology 111
     Green Commandment VII: Learn a New Way of Dwelling in Our Common Home 127
     Green Commandment VIII: Educate toward Ecological Citizenship 143
     Green Commandment IX: Embrace an Ecological Spirituality 161
     Green Commandment X: Cultivate Ecological Virtues 181
 
Conclusion: “The Zeal for Your House Shall Inflame Me” 211