Ecomartyrdom in the Americas: Living and Dying for Our Common Home - (Ecology and Justice) by Gandolfo (Paperback)

About the Book

"A new assessment of the theological concept of martyrdom in light of those in Latin America who have given their lives while protecting the earth from those who threaten it"--

Book Synopsis

Against the background of ecological devastation in the Americas, a growing list has emerged of environmental defenders whose care for our common home has cost them their lives. In Ecomartyrdom in the Americas, Elizabeth Gandolfo explores the meaning of their witness in relation to three recent developments in Catholic theology: the expanded understanding of martyrdom to include those who die in defense of gospel values (justice, concern for the poor); the expansion of Catholic social teaching to include care for creation; and the call for interreligious dialogue and cooperation.

From the Back Cover

RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic

RELIGION / Christian Theology / Liberation

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious

ECOMARTYRDOM IN THE AMERICAS

Living and Dying for Our Common Home

Elizabeth O'Donnell Gandolfo

Ecology & Justice Series

ORBIS LOGO ISBN 978-1-62698-512-4

Cover design: Pone Sheehan

Cover art: "Ecomartirio, voz de la tierra - fuerza de vida" by Alexander Serpas. Permission granted by artist.

Review Quotes

"Theology is at its best when it centers the margins, and Gandolfo's book is an excellent addition to a prophetic legacy pleading for the interruption of extractivism. The convenience we enjoy costs too much if the price is the health and welfare of others. We are living too shortsightedly if our enjoyment of the earth's spoils does not take into account the long-term detriment of creation."- Chris Burton, Christian Century Book Review

"From Óscar Romero to Marielle Franco and the Guardians of the Amazon Forest, we live among the living memories of those who were assassinated for fighting for our common home and holding our common life together. Gandolfo gives us an absolutely timely book that helps us to understand that, unless we remember those who are gone and join in the struggle of those still protecting the earth and our common living, we won't have any world left in which to live. "--Cláudio Carvalhaes, author, Ritual at World's End: Essays on Eco-Liturgical Liberation Theology

"Gandolfo makes presente a Latin American prophetic vision where everything is alive and where resurrection continues in a people's ongoing journey toward another world already in our midst. Beautifully written with piercing analysis, it is a book for re-forming the church into solidarity with all Creation."--Leo Guardado, Fordham University

"Beautifully written and profound in its insight, Ecomartyrdom in the Americas is a timely and urgent call to conversion."--Daniel P. Castillo, author, An Ecological Theology of Liberation: Salvation and Political Ecology

About the Author

Elizabeth O'Donnell Gandolfo is Edith B. and Arthur E. Earley Assistant Professor of Catholic and Latin American Studies at Wake Forest University School of Divinity, Winston-Salem, NC. She is the author of The Power and Vulnerability of Love: A Theological Anthropology and co-author of Re-membering the Reign of God: The Decolonial Witness of El Salvador's Church of the Poor.