ABSTRACT
This study identifies a series of epistemological and phenomenological questions that summon ecology and theology. They have to do with the systemic experiences of how daily life is failing, disintegrating, and collapsing as well as with the very survival of life on planet earth in the 21st century. It tries to identify new paradigms of heuristic and operative value in the processes of civilizational change and use them as lenses to better detect-feel-know the planet and life on the planet, in a situation of survival, homeostasis and salvation of reality as a whole. Taking the concepts of Great Turning and Deep Incarnation as catalysts, the aim is to support the articulation of the concept of integral ecology (Laudato Si’) with that of deep ecology (Arne Naess) and the foundations of Christianity. From the dialogue with some basic elements of Neurobiology, a profound integral eco-theology is identified whose nature is operative in today’s world, binding human beings to the Earth and to the good governance of the whole ecosystem.
KEYWORDS
Great Turning; Sustainability; Integral ecology; Deep ecology; New epistemologies