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❚Special Issue❚ Laudato Si’
□ ISSN (Print) 1225-4924, ISSN (Online) 2508-3104 Catholic Theology and Thought, Vol. 78, January 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.21731/ctat.2017.78.472564
St. Francis of Assisi and * Ecological Conversion 1
Prof. Sr. Yeongseon Kim 〔Gwangju Catholic University, Korea〕
1. Introduction: Scope and Method 2. Ecological Conversion and St. Francis of Assisi’s Conversion 3. Conclusion: Toward Ecological Virtues
1. Introduction: Scope and Method In recent decades extreme weather events, such as unprecedented summer heat with sultry nights, frequented with drought or torrential rainfalls, shortened spring and fall seasons, and the like, are frequently reported. Undeniably, climate change and global warming are realities around us. Apart from climate changes, various other symptoms of environmental crisis have also been visible across the entire surface of
*1This research paper is commissioned, supported, and originally published by the Foundation of Theology and Thought, 2016.