Laudato Test Flashcards
This term refers to the frenzied chaos that humans create for themselves. The never-ending drive to do more and be more to the tune of faster, faster, faster!
rapidification
the variety of all life forms on earth - the different plants, animals and micro-organisms and the ecosystems of which they are a part.
biodiversity
a worldview underlying the theories and methodology of a particular scientific subject
paradigm
is a way of life of a group of people–the behaviors, beliefs, values, and symbols that they accept, generally without thinking about them, and that are passed along by communication and imitation from one generation to the next.
culture
a papal letter sent to all bishops of the Roman Catholic Church.
encyclical
the branch of knowledge that deals with interpretation, especially of the Bible or literary texts.
hermeneutics
a philosophical system that holds that every rationally justifiable assertion can be scientifically verified or is capable of logical or mathematical proof, and that therefore rejects metaphysics and theism.
positivism/ scientism
the cultivation of a single crop in a given area.
monoculture
Rather than seeing nature and its elements merely as inanimate objects to be used and exploited by us humans, St. Francis of Assisi understood the whole world as relational, sister, mother, and brother with God as Father.
sister/mother
decrease in the pH of the Earth’s oceans, caused by the uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere
acidification
great tropical river basins of the world
Amazon and Congo basin
Pope Francis refers to this man as a source for his ideas
Guardini
5 changes in the planet
- rapidification: the speed with which human activity has developed contrasts with the naturally slow pace of biological evolution.
- Air pollution causes loss of tropical forests.
- acidification of oceans comrpomises the marine food chain. ,
- bioaccumulation of toxins disable safe drinking water for poor countries.
- Human choices and policies are the problem. 1/3 of food is discarded
What is the Popes major message taken from the bible Genesis 1:28 and 2:15
till it and keep it means to cultivate it while still caring and protecting/ preserving it. Dominion over the earth must not be misinterpreted
Common understanding of technological inventions which incease our power over the planet. What do we see as progress. Environmental chalenges? Guardinis remark about power. We must understand this about technological products.
New inventions increase progress itself. This changes our culture. No moral code created for technology, since it is new. Contemporary man has not been trained to use power well. Relationship between technology has become confrontational, an idea of infinite growth with limited supplies is not possible.
