Sacred natural sites (SNS) are valuable biocultural hotspots and important areas for nature conse... more Sacred natural sites (SNS) are valuable biocultural hotspots and important areas for nature conservation. They are attracting a growing attention in academic, management, and political fora. The relevance and implications of the sacred nature of these sites for the multiple actors involved in their management is widely acknowledged. However, the complexities and ambiguities surrounding the notion of "the sacred" have not been researched in depth. Because few previous scholarly works have specifically examined a topic that has profound implications for conservation as well as for the communities inhabiting these sites, we aim to fill in the gap by unraveling the conceptualizations and assumptions of "the sacred" in academic, peer reviewed SNS publications. Through a systematic review of the literature performed from a conservation lens, our findings unveil that: (1) Conservationists and protected areas managers have paid much more attention to SNS than social scientists and religious studies scholars; (2) The sacredness motif tends to be predominantly associated with taboos, bans, and regulations of community-managed resources; (3) The sacred is a highly complex concept often used in a binary, dichotomous way, as opposed to the profane and wild related; (4) An instrumental view of the sacred can limit the potential to include other intangible values in management and exclude relevant stakeholders; and (5) The insights from cultural anthropology, political ecology, and religious studies unveil the power dynamics and hidden assumptions that often go unnoticed in the literature. These perspectives should be included in the management of SNS and in policymaking.
Este artículo sostiene que las problemáticas socioambientales que emergen en la década de 1970 ha... more Este artículo sostiene que las problemáticas socioambientales que emergen en la década de 1970 han sido abordadas desde tres niveles distintos de reflexión y praxis eclesial: 1. el magisterio oficial: conciliar, pontificio y episcopal; 2. las instituciones epistémicas no magisteriales; 3. las redes caritativas y de incidencia política. Esta diversidad institucional ha posibilitado la recepción, reflexión, formulación, modulación y transmisión del reto de la sostenibilidad en una dinámica que pone de manifiesto que la Doctrina Social de la Iglesia tiene su génesis y su desarrollo en el marco más amplio del pensamiento y la praxis social católica.
La pandemia de Covid-19 ha evidenciado hasta qué punto somos parte de la biosfera y compartimos c... more La pandemia de Covid-19 ha evidenciado hasta qué punto somos parte de la biosfera y compartimos con ella un destino común. En este contexto, el presente artículo explora, a partir del nivel de conocimiento actual, cómo la “salud humana” está relacionada con la “salud de la naturaleza”, profundizando en el concepto “One health” (Una salud), cada vez más consolidado en ámbitos de reflexión y decisión. A partir del concepto “One health”, y recogiendo la invitación del Magisterio de Francisco, profundizamos en la mutua interpelación y diálogo entre la Biología de la Conservación y la Teología. Disciplinas que, desde sus respectivas metodologías, pretenden ir más allá del estudio y la reflexión para preservar nuestra única casa común
This paper explores how local, lived religion has creatively linked spiritual insights and popula... more This paper explores how local, lived religion has creatively linked spiritual insights and popular devotions in ecologically valuable settings helping generate and preserve the rich Spanish biocultural heritage. Focusing on a selection of Sacred Natural Sites (SNS), mostly Marian sanctuaries, it shows that local "geopiety" and religious creativity have generated "devotional titles" related to vegetation types, geomorphological features, water, and celestial bodies. It also argues that, despite mass migration to urban centers, the questioning of "popular religion" after the Second Vatican Council, and the rapid secularization of Spanish society over the past fifty years, a set of distinctive rituals and public expressions of faith-some of them dating back to the Middle Ages-have remained alive or even thrived in certain rural sanctuaries. These vernacular devotions, however, do not necessarily announce the advent of the postsecular. Finally, it suggests that Protected Area (PA) managers, regional governments, custodians, anthropologists, tourism scholars, and theologians should work together in order to analyze, interpret, and help solve the management challenges highly popular SNS face.
The promulgation of the encyclical letter Laudato si' by Pope Francis in 2015 has been interprete... more The promulgation of the encyclical letter Laudato si' by Pope Francis in 2015 has been interpreted as the final phase in the integration of sustainability concerns into Catholic Social Teaching. In this recent historical development, academic research has paid particular attention to how di↵erent eco-theological traditions, sociocultural developments, and local advocacy practices influenced the Church's ecological turn. However, the key role played by non-magisterial, intermediate institutions, particularly highly qualified interlocutors such as the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (PAS), has not been studied in depth. This article argues that, over the past 60 years, the PAS has been instrumental in this development: Raising awareness on socio-environmental issues, promoting environmental literacy, fostering ethical reflection, and catalyzing interdisciplinary dialogue in order to orient policy.
El ecologismo contemporáneo, a pesar de la polémica generada por su pretensión sociopolítica, su ... more El ecologismo contemporáneo, a pesar de la polémica generada por su pretensión sociopolítica, su propuesta sistémica y su espiritualidad ecléctica, no tiene por qué entrar necesariamente en conflicto con la fe cristiana. Al contrario, en las últimas décadas el movimiento ecologista está siendo un acicate, un revulsivo y una oportunidad histórica para volver a las fuentes teológicas, profundizar en el significado de la tradición sacramental, recuperar una antropología relacional, redescubrir una mística de alabanza al Creador, rehabilitar la categoría de sacrificio y expandir el horizonte ético del pensamiento social cristiano. Al mismo tiempo, en el diálogo entre la teología y la ecología, el cristianismo puede realizar una valiosa contribución que corrija algunos de los excesos ideológicos del ecologismo.
Las poblaciones indígenas y los campesinos pobres de los países en vías de desarrollo son los más... more Las poblaciones indígenas y los campesinos pobres de los países en vías de desarrollo son los más expuestos al impacto de la degradación ambiental, aunque no son los únicos. La evidencia acumulada en las últimas décadas muestra que determinados colectivos en todos los países—ricos y pobres, del sur y del norte—sufren de forma desproporcionada los impactos de la pérdida de biodiversidad, el agotamiento de los recursos naturales, la contaminación, la escasez o salubridad del agua, la subida del nivel del mar, la deforestación, la sobrepesca, los fenómenos climáticos extremos o la minería incontrolada. A todos estos grupos ha prestado una atención especial el denominado movimiento de la justicia ambiental, al incorporar a su análisis las conclusiones de la economía ecológica, del pensamiento feminista, de la ética medioambiental y de los estudios raciales y poscoloniales. A ellos nos vamos a referir a continuación para establecer un diálogo y poder así percibir con más claridad las similitudes y las diferencias entre la justicia ambiental y la propuesta católica de la ecología integral. Por último, señalaremos algunas de las iniciativas prácticas que se han puesto en marcha recientemente en las diversas comunidades cristianas para tratar de ofrecer una respuesta al triple reto de nuestra época: construir un mundo en el que reine la paz social, la justicia económica y la sostenibilidad ambiental.
San Ignacio no desarrolló teológicamente la idea de reconciliación, utilizando este término tan s... more San Ignacio no desarrolló teológicamente la idea de reconciliación, utilizando este término tan solo en contadas ocasiones. Sin embargo, algunas de sus intuiciones pueden ser reinterpretadas para esclarecer el significado de la reconciliación con la creación. La visión ignaciana de la reconciliación con la creación articula al menos siete dimensiones: sensitiva, penitencial, ascética, epistemológica, afectiva, geográfica y utópica.
A relevant number of shrines, hermitages, monasteries, and pilgrimage routes in Spain are located... more A relevant number of shrines, hermitages, monasteries, and pilgrimage routes in Spain are located within or near Natura 2000, a European network of protected core breeding and resting sites for rare and threatened species, and some rare natural habitat types. Given the growing interest in alternative conservation strategies and the geographical correlation between nature preserves and Sacred Natural Sites (SNS), this paper explores how religious devotions have made preservation possible in Spain. By an extensive literature review and interviews with long-established custodians of nonurban Marian sanctuaries, it looks at the development of plant-related allegorical titles, the multiple meanings of "Marian verdant advocations", and the role popular religion has played in connecting theological insights with particular elements of natural ecosystems helping value and preserve the Spanish biocultural heritage. We found that 420 Marian titles directly refer to plant species or vegetation types and many of the nonurban Marian sacred sites are placed in well-preserved natural areas, some of them playing a human-related added value for most emblematic National Parks, like the sanctuaries of El Rocío (Doñana NP) and Covadonga (Picos de Europa NP). We conclude that there is a strong relationship between popular religion, Marian verdant titles, and nature conservation.
A relevant number of shrines, hermitages, monasteries, and pilgrimage routes in Spain are located... more A relevant number of shrines, hermitages, monasteries, and pilgrimage routes in Spain are located within or near Natura 2000, a European network of protected core breeding and resting sites for rare and threatened species, and some rare natural habitat types. Given the growing interest in alternative conservation strategies and the geographical correlation between nature preserves and Sacred Natural Sites (SNS), this paper explores how religious devotions have made preservation possible in Spain. By an extensive literature review and interviews with long-established custodians of nonurban Marian sanctuaries, it looks at the development of plant-related allegorical titles, the multiple meanings of "Marian verdant advocations", and the role popular religion has played in connecting theological insights with particular elements of natural ecosystems helping value and preserve the Spanish biocultural heritage. We found that 420 Marian titles directly refer to plant species or vegetation types and many of the nonurban Marian sacred sites are placed in well-preserved natural areas, some of them playing a human-related added value for most emblematic National Parks, like the sanctuaries of El Rocío (Doñana NP) and Covadonga (Picos de Europa NP). We conclude that there is a strong relationship between popular religion, Marian verdant titles, and nature conservation.
El cuaderno analiza las principales contribuciones de las religiones al reto contemporáneo de la ... more El cuaderno analiza las principales contribuciones de las religiones al reto contemporáneo de la sostenibilidad. En particular afirma que son diez las claves interreligiosas que pueden realizar una contribución operativa al debate contemporáneo de los ODS: profética, ascética, penitencial, apocalíptica, sacramental, soteriológica, mística, comunitaria, sapiencia y escatológica.
A relevant number of shrines, hermitages, monasteries, and pilgrimage routes in Spain are located... more A relevant number of shrines, hermitages, monasteries, and pilgrimage routes in Spain are located within or near Natura 2000, a European network of protected core breeding and resting sites for rare and threatened species, and some rare natural habitat types. Given the growing interest in alternative conservation strategies and the geographical correlation between nature preserves and Sacred Natural Sites (SNS), this paper explores how religious devotions have made preservation possible in Spain. By an extensive literature review and interviews with long-established custodians of nonurban Marian sanctuaries, it looks at the development of plant-related allegorical titles, the multiple meanings of “Marian verdant advocations”, and the role popular religion has played in connecting theological insights with particular elements of natural ecosystems helping value and preserve the Spanish biocultural heritage. We found that 420 Marian titles directly refer to plant species or vegetation types and many of the nonurban Marian sacred sites are placed in well-preserved natural areas, some of them playing a human-related added value for most emblematic National Parks, like the sanctuaries of El Rocío (Doñana NP) and Covadonga (Picos de Europa NP). We conclude that there is a strong relationship between popular religion, Marian verdant titles, and nature conservation.
The media, academics and platforms all argue that the sharing economy is part of the solution to ... more The media, academics and platforms all argue that the sharing economy is part of the solution to the economic, social and environmental problems of our time. This argument, however, may rather become a false assumption, as there is little evidence to support it, the little there is points in some cases in the opposite direction.
Este ensayo estudia la emergencia de la conciencia ecológica contemporánea a la luz de los descub... more Este ensayo estudia la emergencia de la conciencia ecológica contemporánea a la luz de los descubrimientos científicos y del debate generado en las cumbres internacionales sobre desarrollo sostenible. Sobre este trasfondo histórico, se analiza la reflexión ética y teológica que las diversas problemáticas medioambientales generan en el pensamiento social católico, desde la promulgación de la encíclica Rerum novarum (1891) hasta la reciente encíclica de Francisco, Laudato si’ (2015). Es un estudio relevante para toda aquella persona interesada en la historia de la Doctrina Social de la Iglesia, así como en el potencial de las tradiciones religiosas para dar respuesta al urgente reto de la sostenibilidad.
SUMMARY: In the wake of the promulgation of Laudato si' (LS), Pope Francis' 2015 landmark encycli... more SUMMARY: In the wake of the promulgation of Laudato si' (LS), Pope Francis' 2015 landmark encyclical on our relationship with the natural world, there has been a renewed interest in the role religions and Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs) can play in fostering sustainability, as well as in the possibilities and limits of interreligious dialogue related to one of the central objectives of our time: the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) defined in the UN Agenda 2030 and the Paris Climate Accord. This article claims that a growing interreligious discursive convergence on ecology has its roots in the acknowledgment of a set of ecological meta-problems, rather than in a common, single meta-narrative. The emergence of distinctive inter-denominational and inter-religious discourses is increasingly shaping a shared, pluralistic narrative grounded in social justice, care for creation and intergenerational solidarity. Moreover, religions and FBOs are already bringing an integral, holistic perspective to the socio-environmental debate, filling in an interstitial place in the sustainability arena, while performing four key functions: bridging, binding, deepening and sustaining. The medium and long-term impact of the recent interreligious discursive convergence in catalyzing action and bringing behavioral change on ecological matters still lacks, however, a robust, evidence-based analysis.
La encíclica Laudato si' representa la maduración del pensamiento social católico sobre ecología ... more La encíclica Laudato si' representa la maduración del pensamiento social católico sobre ecología y su contribución operativa al foro interdisciplinar de la sostenibilidad. La creciente implicación religiosa en los complejos debates socio-ambientales contemporáneos se debe a múltiples factores que legitiman la intervención confesional. En el caso de la Iglesia, siete dimensiones estructurales de la experiencia espiritual cristiana —profética, ascética, sacramental, mística, sapiencial, eclesial y escatológica— ofrecen tanto claves de lectura de LS como sugerencias para la acción social católica. La articulación de estos elementos permite esbozar los rasgos distintivos del ethos medioambiental católico.
This study analyzed the relationship between landscape
homogeneity and fire hazard for a certain ... more This study analyzed the relationship between landscape homogeneity and fire hazard for a certain area and time period (1984 to 1995), by using logit models. Homogeneity was measured though eight texture measurements computed on visible and NIR bands of Landstat-5 TM data with varying kernel sizes. Several significant models could be developed to predict future burning at the pixel level for the study period. The best spectral band for detecting proneness to burn was TM1, the blue band, and best results were achieved with large window sizes and the Homogeneity texture measure.
Sacred natural sites (SNS) are valuable biocultural hotspots and important areas for nature conse... more Sacred natural sites (SNS) are valuable biocultural hotspots and important areas for nature conservation. They are attracting a growing attention in academic, management, and political fora. The relevance and implications of the sacred nature of these sites for the multiple actors involved in their management is widely acknowledged. However, the complexities and ambiguities surrounding the notion of "the sacred" have not been researched in depth. Because few previous scholarly works have specifically examined a topic that has profound implications for conservation as well as for the communities inhabiting these sites, we aim to fill in the gap by unraveling the conceptualizations and assumptions of "the sacred" in academic, peer reviewed SNS publications. Through a systematic review of the literature performed from a conservation lens, our findings unveil that: (1) Conservationists and protected areas managers have paid much more attention to SNS than social scientists and religious studies scholars; (2) The sacredness motif tends to be predominantly associated with taboos, bans, and regulations of community-managed resources; (3) The sacred is a highly complex concept often used in a binary, dichotomous way, as opposed to the profane and wild related; (4) An instrumental view of the sacred can limit the potential to include other intangible values in management and exclude relevant stakeholders; and (5) The insights from cultural anthropology, political ecology, and religious studies unveil the power dynamics and hidden assumptions that often go unnoticed in the literature. These perspectives should be included in the management of SNS and in policymaking.
Este artículo sostiene que las problemáticas socioambientales que emergen en la década de 1970 ha... more Este artículo sostiene que las problemáticas socioambientales que emergen en la década de 1970 han sido abordadas desde tres niveles distintos de reflexión y praxis eclesial: 1. el magisterio oficial: conciliar, pontificio y episcopal; 2. las instituciones epistémicas no magisteriales; 3. las redes caritativas y de incidencia política. Esta diversidad institucional ha posibilitado la recepción, reflexión, formulación, modulación y transmisión del reto de la sostenibilidad en una dinámica que pone de manifiesto que la Doctrina Social de la Iglesia tiene su génesis y su desarrollo en el marco más amplio del pensamiento y la praxis social católica.
La pandemia de Covid-19 ha evidenciado hasta qué punto somos parte de la biosfera y compartimos c... more La pandemia de Covid-19 ha evidenciado hasta qué punto somos parte de la biosfera y compartimos con ella un destino común. En este contexto, el presente artículo explora, a partir del nivel de conocimiento actual, cómo la “salud humana” está relacionada con la “salud de la naturaleza”, profundizando en el concepto “One health” (Una salud), cada vez más consolidado en ámbitos de reflexión y decisión. A partir del concepto “One health”, y recogiendo la invitación del Magisterio de Francisco, profundizamos en la mutua interpelación y diálogo entre la Biología de la Conservación y la Teología. Disciplinas que, desde sus respectivas metodologías, pretenden ir más allá del estudio y la reflexión para preservar nuestra única casa común
This paper explores how local, lived religion has creatively linked spiritual insights and popula... more This paper explores how local, lived religion has creatively linked spiritual insights and popular devotions in ecologically valuable settings helping generate and preserve the rich Spanish biocultural heritage. Focusing on a selection of Sacred Natural Sites (SNS), mostly Marian sanctuaries, it shows that local "geopiety" and religious creativity have generated "devotional titles" related to vegetation types, geomorphological features, water, and celestial bodies. It also argues that, despite mass migration to urban centers, the questioning of "popular religion" after the Second Vatican Council, and the rapid secularization of Spanish society over the past fifty years, a set of distinctive rituals and public expressions of faith-some of them dating back to the Middle Ages-have remained alive or even thrived in certain rural sanctuaries. These vernacular devotions, however, do not necessarily announce the advent of the postsecular. Finally, it suggests that Protected Area (PA) managers, regional governments, custodians, anthropologists, tourism scholars, and theologians should work together in order to analyze, interpret, and help solve the management challenges highly popular SNS face.
The promulgation of the encyclical letter Laudato si' by Pope Francis in 2015 has been interprete... more The promulgation of the encyclical letter Laudato si' by Pope Francis in 2015 has been interpreted as the final phase in the integration of sustainability concerns into Catholic Social Teaching. In this recent historical development, academic research has paid particular attention to how di↵erent eco-theological traditions, sociocultural developments, and local advocacy practices influenced the Church's ecological turn. However, the key role played by non-magisterial, intermediate institutions, particularly highly qualified interlocutors such as the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (PAS), has not been studied in depth. This article argues that, over the past 60 years, the PAS has been instrumental in this development: Raising awareness on socio-environmental issues, promoting environmental literacy, fostering ethical reflection, and catalyzing interdisciplinary dialogue in order to orient policy.
El ecologismo contemporáneo, a pesar de la polémica generada por su pretensión sociopolítica, su ... more El ecologismo contemporáneo, a pesar de la polémica generada por su pretensión sociopolítica, su propuesta sistémica y su espiritualidad ecléctica, no tiene por qué entrar necesariamente en conflicto con la fe cristiana. Al contrario, en las últimas décadas el movimiento ecologista está siendo un acicate, un revulsivo y una oportunidad histórica para volver a las fuentes teológicas, profundizar en el significado de la tradición sacramental, recuperar una antropología relacional, redescubrir una mística de alabanza al Creador, rehabilitar la categoría de sacrificio y expandir el horizonte ético del pensamiento social cristiano. Al mismo tiempo, en el diálogo entre la teología y la ecología, el cristianismo puede realizar una valiosa contribución que corrija algunos de los excesos ideológicos del ecologismo.
Las poblaciones indígenas y los campesinos pobres de los países en vías de desarrollo son los más... more Las poblaciones indígenas y los campesinos pobres de los países en vías de desarrollo son los más expuestos al impacto de la degradación ambiental, aunque no son los únicos. La evidencia acumulada en las últimas décadas muestra que determinados colectivos en todos los países—ricos y pobres, del sur y del norte—sufren de forma desproporcionada los impactos de la pérdida de biodiversidad, el agotamiento de los recursos naturales, la contaminación, la escasez o salubridad del agua, la subida del nivel del mar, la deforestación, la sobrepesca, los fenómenos climáticos extremos o la minería incontrolada. A todos estos grupos ha prestado una atención especial el denominado movimiento de la justicia ambiental, al incorporar a su análisis las conclusiones de la economía ecológica, del pensamiento feminista, de la ética medioambiental y de los estudios raciales y poscoloniales. A ellos nos vamos a referir a continuación para establecer un diálogo y poder así percibir con más claridad las similitudes y las diferencias entre la justicia ambiental y la propuesta católica de la ecología integral. Por último, señalaremos algunas de las iniciativas prácticas que se han puesto en marcha recientemente en las diversas comunidades cristianas para tratar de ofrecer una respuesta al triple reto de nuestra época: construir un mundo en el que reine la paz social, la justicia económica y la sostenibilidad ambiental.
San Ignacio no desarrolló teológicamente la idea de reconciliación, utilizando este término tan s... more San Ignacio no desarrolló teológicamente la idea de reconciliación, utilizando este término tan solo en contadas ocasiones. Sin embargo, algunas de sus intuiciones pueden ser reinterpretadas para esclarecer el significado de la reconciliación con la creación. La visión ignaciana de la reconciliación con la creación articula al menos siete dimensiones: sensitiva, penitencial, ascética, epistemológica, afectiva, geográfica y utópica.
A relevant number of shrines, hermitages, monasteries, and pilgrimage routes in Spain are located... more A relevant number of shrines, hermitages, monasteries, and pilgrimage routes in Spain are located within or near Natura 2000, a European network of protected core breeding and resting sites for rare and threatened species, and some rare natural habitat types. Given the growing interest in alternative conservation strategies and the geographical correlation between nature preserves and Sacred Natural Sites (SNS), this paper explores how religious devotions have made preservation possible in Spain. By an extensive literature review and interviews with long-established custodians of nonurban Marian sanctuaries, it looks at the development of plant-related allegorical titles, the multiple meanings of "Marian verdant advocations", and the role popular religion has played in connecting theological insights with particular elements of natural ecosystems helping value and preserve the Spanish biocultural heritage. We found that 420 Marian titles directly refer to plant species or vegetation types and many of the nonurban Marian sacred sites are placed in well-preserved natural areas, some of them playing a human-related added value for most emblematic National Parks, like the sanctuaries of El Rocío (Doñana NP) and Covadonga (Picos de Europa NP). We conclude that there is a strong relationship between popular religion, Marian verdant titles, and nature conservation.
A relevant number of shrines, hermitages, monasteries, and pilgrimage routes in Spain are located... more A relevant number of shrines, hermitages, monasteries, and pilgrimage routes in Spain are located within or near Natura 2000, a European network of protected core breeding and resting sites for rare and threatened species, and some rare natural habitat types. Given the growing interest in alternative conservation strategies and the geographical correlation between nature preserves and Sacred Natural Sites (SNS), this paper explores how religious devotions have made preservation possible in Spain. By an extensive literature review and interviews with long-established custodians of nonurban Marian sanctuaries, it looks at the development of plant-related allegorical titles, the multiple meanings of "Marian verdant advocations", and the role popular religion has played in connecting theological insights with particular elements of natural ecosystems helping value and preserve the Spanish biocultural heritage. We found that 420 Marian titles directly refer to plant species or vegetation types and many of the nonurban Marian sacred sites are placed in well-preserved natural areas, some of them playing a human-related added value for most emblematic National Parks, like the sanctuaries of El Rocío (Doñana NP) and Covadonga (Picos de Europa NP). We conclude that there is a strong relationship between popular religion, Marian verdant titles, and nature conservation.
El cuaderno analiza las principales contribuciones de las religiones al reto contemporáneo de la ... more El cuaderno analiza las principales contribuciones de las religiones al reto contemporáneo de la sostenibilidad. En particular afirma que son diez las claves interreligiosas que pueden realizar una contribución operativa al debate contemporáneo de los ODS: profética, ascética, penitencial, apocalíptica, sacramental, soteriológica, mística, comunitaria, sapiencia y escatológica.
A relevant number of shrines, hermitages, monasteries, and pilgrimage routes in Spain are located... more A relevant number of shrines, hermitages, monasteries, and pilgrimage routes in Spain are located within or near Natura 2000, a European network of protected core breeding and resting sites for rare and threatened species, and some rare natural habitat types. Given the growing interest in alternative conservation strategies and the geographical correlation between nature preserves and Sacred Natural Sites (SNS), this paper explores how religious devotions have made preservation possible in Spain. By an extensive literature review and interviews with long-established custodians of nonurban Marian sanctuaries, it looks at the development of plant-related allegorical titles, the multiple meanings of “Marian verdant advocations”, and the role popular religion has played in connecting theological insights with particular elements of natural ecosystems helping value and preserve the Spanish biocultural heritage. We found that 420 Marian titles directly refer to plant species or vegetation types and many of the nonurban Marian sacred sites are placed in well-preserved natural areas, some of them playing a human-related added value for most emblematic National Parks, like the sanctuaries of El Rocío (Doñana NP) and Covadonga (Picos de Europa NP). We conclude that there is a strong relationship between popular religion, Marian verdant titles, and nature conservation.
The media, academics and platforms all argue that the sharing economy is part of the solution to ... more The media, academics and platforms all argue that the sharing economy is part of the solution to the economic, social and environmental problems of our time. This argument, however, may rather become a false assumption, as there is little evidence to support it, the little there is points in some cases in the opposite direction.
Este ensayo estudia la emergencia de la conciencia ecológica contemporánea a la luz de los descub... more Este ensayo estudia la emergencia de la conciencia ecológica contemporánea a la luz de los descubrimientos científicos y del debate generado en las cumbres internacionales sobre desarrollo sostenible. Sobre este trasfondo histórico, se analiza la reflexión ética y teológica que las diversas problemáticas medioambientales generan en el pensamiento social católico, desde la promulgación de la encíclica Rerum novarum (1891) hasta la reciente encíclica de Francisco, Laudato si’ (2015). Es un estudio relevante para toda aquella persona interesada en la historia de la Doctrina Social de la Iglesia, así como en el potencial de las tradiciones religiosas para dar respuesta al urgente reto de la sostenibilidad.
SUMMARY: In the wake of the promulgation of Laudato si' (LS), Pope Francis' 2015 landmark encycli... more SUMMARY: In the wake of the promulgation of Laudato si' (LS), Pope Francis' 2015 landmark encyclical on our relationship with the natural world, there has been a renewed interest in the role religions and Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs) can play in fostering sustainability, as well as in the possibilities and limits of interreligious dialogue related to one of the central objectives of our time: the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) defined in the UN Agenda 2030 and the Paris Climate Accord. This article claims that a growing interreligious discursive convergence on ecology has its roots in the acknowledgment of a set of ecological meta-problems, rather than in a common, single meta-narrative. The emergence of distinctive inter-denominational and inter-religious discourses is increasingly shaping a shared, pluralistic narrative grounded in social justice, care for creation and intergenerational solidarity. Moreover, religions and FBOs are already bringing an integral, holistic perspective to the socio-environmental debate, filling in an interstitial place in the sustainability arena, while performing four key functions: bridging, binding, deepening and sustaining. The medium and long-term impact of the recent interreligious discursive convergence in catalyzing action and bringing behavioral change on ecological matters still lacks, however, a robust, evidence-based analysis.
La encíclica Laudato si' representa la maduración del pensamiento social católico sobre ecología ... more La encíclica Laudato si' representa la maduración del pensamiento social católico sobre ecología y su contribución operativa al foro interdisciplinar de la sostenibilidad. La creciente implicación religiosa en los complejos debates socio-ambientales contemporáneos se debe a múltiples factores que legitiman la intervención confesional. En el caso de la Iglesia, siete dimensiones estructurales de la experiencia espiritual cristiana —profética, ascética, sacramental, mística, sapiencial, eclesial y escatológica— ofrecen tanto claves de lectura de LS como sugerencias para la acción social católica. La articulación de estos elementos permite esbozar los rasgos distintivos del ethos medioambiental católico.
This study analyzed the relationship between landscape
homogeneity and fire hazard for a certain ... more This study analyzed the relationship between landscape homogeneity and fire hazard for a certain area and time period (1984 to 1995), by using logit models. Homogeneity was measured though eight texture measurements computed on visible and NIR bands of Landstat-5 TM data with varying kernel sizes. Several significant models could be developed to predict future burning at the pixel level for the study period. The best spectral band for detecting proneness to burn was TM1, the blue band, and best results were achieved with large window sizes and the Homogeneity texture measure.
El libro aporta la contribución del pensamiento social cristiano a la Agenda 2030. Tras su valora... more El libro aporta la contribución del pensamiento social cristiano a la Agenda 2030. Tras su valoración crítica, se hace hincapié en el concepto de persona, dignidad humana y ecología integral antes de pasar al comentario reflexivo de los 17 ODS y en insistir en la importancia de la comunicar y difundir la Agenda 2030, también entre los creyentes y estudiantes de teología.
El Sínodo amazónico (o Asamblea Sinodal Especial sobre la Panamazonia), que tuvo lugar en Roma de... more El Sínodo amazónico (o Asamblea Sinodal Especial sobre la Panamazonia), que tuvo lugar en Roma del 6 al 27 de octubre de 2019, ha sido uno de los acontecimientos eclesiales más esperados y comentados de los últimos años. La Iglesia se reunió durante varias semanas para abordar temas tan diversos como la inculturación de la liturgia, la denuncia de los excesos cometidos por las industrias ex- tractivas, la preservación de la diversidad cultural de los pueblos indígenas, la reorganización de las estructuras eclesiales, la herencia del colonialismo, la posibilidad de adaptar la administración de los sacramentos o el papel de la mujer en la Amazonia. Tras aquella histórica reunión, el 2 de febrero de 2020, el papa Francisco promulgó la exhortación apostólica postsinodal Querida Amazonia. Este libro pretende ofrecer una mirada a algunos de los tópicos más resaltantes del proceso sinodal.
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A todos estos grupos ha prestado una atención especial el denominado movimiento de la justicia ambiental, al incorporar a su análisis las conclusiones de la economía ecológica, del pensamiento feminista, de la ética medioambiental y de los estudios raciales y poscoloniales. A ellos nos vamos a referir a continuación para establecer un diálogo y poder así percibir con más claridad las similitudes y las diferencias entre la justicia ambiental y la propuesta católica de la ecología integral.
Por último, señalaremos algunas de las iniciativas prácticas que se han puesto en marcha recientemente en las diversas comunidades cristianas para tratar de ofrecer una respuesta al triple reto de nuestra época: construir un mundo en el que reine la paz social, la justicia económica y la sostenibilidad ambiental.
Es un estudio relevante para toda aquella persona interesada en la historia de la Doctrina Social de la Iglesia, así como en el potencial de las tradiciones religiosas para dar respuesta al urgente reto de la sostenibilidad.
homogeneity and fire hazard for a certain area and time
period (1984 to 1995), by using logit models. Homogeneity
was measured though eight texture measurements computed
on visible and NIR bands of Landstat-5 TM data with varying
kernel sizes. Several significant models could be developed to
predict future burning at the pixel level for the study period.
The best spectral band for detecting proneness to burn was
TM1, the blue band, and best results were achieved with large
window sizes and the Homogeneity texture measure.
A todos estos grupos ha prestado una atención especial el denominado movimiento de la justicia ambiental, al incorporar a su análisis las conclusiones de la economía ecológica, del pensamiento feminista, de la ética medioambiental y de los estudios raciales y poscoloniales. A ellos nos vamos a referir a continuación para establecer un diálogo y poder así percibir con más claridad las similitudes y las diferencias entre la justicia ambiental y la propuesta católica de la ecología integral.
Por último, señalaremos algunas de las iniciativas prácticas que se han puesto en marcha recientemente en las diversas comunidades cristianas para tratar de ofrecer una respuesta al triple reto de nuestra época: construir un mundo en el que reine la paz social, la justicia económica y la sostenibilidad ambiental.
Es un estudio relevante para toda aquella persona interesada en la historia de la Doctrina Social de la Iglesia, así como en el potencial de las tradiciones religiosas para dar respuesta al urgente reto de la sostenibilidad.
homogeneity and fire hazard for a certain area and time
period (1984 to 1995), by using logit models. Homogeneity
was measured though eight texture measurements computed
on visible and NIR bands of Landstat-5 TM data with varying
kernel sizes. Several significant models could be developed to
predict future burning at the pixel level for the study period.
The best spectral band for detecting proneness to burn was
TM1, the blue band, and best results were achieved with large
window sizes and the Homogeneity texture measure.