“The Sacred in Nature Conservation: A European Perspective”

El Profesor de la Facultad de Teología y co-Director de la Cátedra Hana y Francisco José Ayala de Ciencia, Tecnología y Religión, Jaime Tatay Nieto, SJ, del Departamento de Teología Moral y Praxis de la vida cristiana, es Doctor en Teología y experto reconocido en ética ambiental y doctrina social de la Iglesia.

Publica, ahora, en la obra conjunta Issues in Science and Theology: Global Sustainability. Issues in Science and Religion (Fuller, M., Harris, M., Leidenhag, J., Runehov, A. (eds), Publications of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology, 2023, vol 7. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41800-6_12).

A continuación, ofrecemos el resumen en inglés del capítulo:

Despite the secularization of European society, the sacredness motif still illuminates cultural dynamics, allowing us to better understand the value attributed to the natural world and the multiple meanings projected onto it. Through a review of the conservation literature on European Sacred Natural Sites, I explore these dynamics. The findings show that the perception of ‘the sacred’ is, in some cases, enormously resilient and has survived the passage of time despite profound political, demographic, and institutional changes. In other cases, it is able to mutate and transform its meaning, hybridizing with new environmental sensibilities or with political, indigenous, or nationalistic interests. Finally, in an arguably new postsecular context, ‘the sacred’ also emerges, and is created anew, in unexpected places. This research serves as a starting point to explore more deeply the relationship between nature conservation and diverse perceptions of the sacred.

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