Criticizing Pope Francis

by R. R. Reno

I’ve lost count of the emails from readers and friends upset by Maureen Mullarkey’s sharply worded posting on Pope Francis on her blog, which we host. . . . Continue Reading »

8 Jan 2015

A Lesson in Deep Ecology

by Anne Barbeau Gardiner

Deep ecology, a movement launched by the Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess in 1972, may be contrasted to an environmentalism concerned with the depletion of resources and pollution. For one thing, deep ecology aims at nothing less than a fundamental change in religion, morality, and social . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Sep 2008

Ecorealism

by Thomas Sieger Derr

The Virgin and the Dynamo: The Use and Abuse of Religion in Environmental Debates.By Robert Royal.Ethics and Public Policy Center/Eerdmans. 262pp. $25. Most religious writing about the environment, whether from traditional and mainstream religions or from some new consciousness, tends to treat . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 1999

Nature's Call

by Jean Bethke Elshtain

In Tennessee Williams’ The Night of the Iguana the dissolute but not, he emphatically insists, officially “defrocked” Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon has been “collecting evidence . . . of man’s inhumanity to God.” When asked what he means by that. Shannon indicates that he refers to the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 1990

The Many Causes of Environmentalism

by Richard John Neuhaus

The Woodstock Center at Georgetown University is where some distinguished Jesuits, and some less distinguished Jesuits, fiddle with their theological fretwork. A recent Woodstock Report is entirely given over to fretting about today’s favorite crisis, the environment. It comes with a recommended . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 1990

Ecotastrophe Again

by Herbert London

The drumbeat for apocalypse can once again be heard in the media. Almost two decades after the publication of The Limits to Growth, the Club of Rome scenario that predicted ecological catastrophe, the WorldWatch Institute has picked up the mantle of leadership in the discredited field of what I . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 1990