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TH450A,B,C – Social Justice Spring 2020 Care for God’s Creation/Stewardship Laudato Si and Movie Review This assignment has several components • Access the document Laudato si: Care for Our Common Home on line here o http://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html • Watch a movie from the list below. Write a reflection paper. • Share and discuss the movie with the class. The document Laudato Si was a highly anticipated document about the poor, the environment and our responsibility to care for both. In his Introduction Pope Francis says, Sister earth “cries out because of the harm we have inflicted on her by our irresponsible use and abuse of goods with which God has endowed her. We have come to see ourselves as her lords and masters, entitled to plunder her at will. The violence present in our hearts, wounded by sin, is also reflected in the symptoms of sickness evident in the soil, the water, the air and all forms of life.” (2) The document is divided into six chapters, briefly summarized, with accompanying movie choices below: Chapter 1: What is happening to Our Common Home? Pope Francis gathers the facts and presents the scientific evidence on climate change. He looks at how environmental degradation has affected human life and society and the global inequality of the crisis. Movies that speak to these topics include: • The Story of Stuff • They Killed Sister Dorothy • Eating Animals • The True Cost Chapter 2: The Gospel of Creation Beginning in Genesis, we learn that humanity’s refusing to acknowledge limitations disrupted the harmony intended in Eden. Humanity needs to return to a relationship of dominion rather domination in caring for creation. Movies that speak to this topic include: • Biggest Little Farm • Blackfish Chapter 3: The human roots of the environmental crisis While science and technology can improve the quality of life, they have given those with knowledge dominance over humanity and creation. We are enthralled with technology that promises unlimited growth, but it is based on a lie that there is an infinite supply of the earth’s goods. Movies that speak to this chapter include: • Erin Brockovich • Food Inc. • Gasland Chapter 4: Integral ecology Here Pope Francis insists that we are not faced with two separate crises; one environmental and the other social, but rather a crisis that is both. An integral approach demands combating poverty, restoring dignity to the excluded and at the same time protecting nature. Movies include: • Bitter Seeds • Poverty, Inc. • Cowspiracy • Born into Brothels Chapter 5: Lines of approach and action What then do we do? Francis calls for dialogue on environmental policy in the international, national and local communities as well as dialogue between religions and science to serve the common good. Movie with these themes include: • A Fierce Green Fire • Sisters on the Planet Chapter 6: Ecological education and spirituality Humanity needs a conversion of heart as well as practical ideas and networks to solve our complex problems. Francis encourages a spirituality that proposes growth and fulfillment marked by moderation and the capacity to be happy with little. Movies include: • Vanishing of the Bees • Poverty, Inc. • A Place at the Table • Jane Directions 1. Choose a movie that interests you. You might want to Google them and review the trailers. 2. Find Laudato Si on line. Read/scan the chapter that applies to your movie and make connections. 3. Craft a reflection that includes the following prompts (in these or similar words): a. Summarize your movie, including any details you feel are important. b. I was surprised to learn … c. The connections I made between the movie and Laudato Si are … (make at least three connections between the movie and document. Use quotes from Laudato Si and cite in the following way: “LS, 15” (which means Laudato Si, paragraph number) d. Additional connections to our discussions and readings this semester include … (note anything from our text books, the saints we met, articles, etc. Cite specific tenants of CST if applicable.) e. I need to think more about … (what questions and concerns does the movie raise for you personally) f. Offer a conclusion to summarize the reflection. Will you consider a lifestyle change, for example, or share the movie with others. 4. Be prepared to share with the class on April 15/16. More details to follow. 75 points. Due in class Monday April 15 (A) or Tuesday April 16 (B, C) when we will share our movies with the class. Sharing will continue into the week of April 20 until all are discussed. Late assignments not accepted. Typed, double spaced, ½ inch margins all around. This is an academic reflection paper. You can write in first person, but professional. Four full pages minimum. Typos and other errors will bring your grade down