eprintid: 57511
rev_number: 9
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userid: 12253
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datestamp: 2023-03-29 06:57:01
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type: article
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creators_name: Suhadi Cholil, -
creators_name: Lyn Parker, -
title: Environmental education and eco-theology insights from Franciscan schools in Indonesia
ispublished: pub
subjects: pdk
divisions: artkl
full_text_status: public
keywords: St Francis; Indonesia;
schools; eco-theology;
environmental education
abstract: This paper examines how the eco-theology of St Francis of Assisi is
translated into practice in Franciscan schools in Jakarta, Indonesia. We
also investigate if the environmental conclusions of the Pope’s Encyclical,
Laudato Si’, are understood by students. An ethnographic approach, using
participant observation, interviews and focus group discussions with the
friars and nuns, teachers and students, was used. We found that
Franciscan religious practise Francis’s teachings, but it is difficult to bridge
the gap between his teachings and the contemporary context. Students
generally identify as environmentalists and respect the environment, but
their environmental practice is highly dependent on home life. Both
schools and students have to contend with a broader socio-economic
context which is pro-Development, with scant regard for the environment.
Student understanding of complex global environmental problems,
and their causes, is minimal. Nevertheless, we argue the relevance of St
Francis’s eco-theology in a world searching for environmental
sustainability.
date: 2021
date_type: published
publication: Environmental Education Research
publisher: Routledge: Taylor and Francis Group
pagerange: 1-24
refereed: TRUE
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2021.1968349
citation:   Suhadi Cholil, - and Lyn Parker, -  (2021) Environmental education and eco-theology insights from Franciscan schools in Indonesia.  Environmental Education Research.  pp. 1-24.      
document_url: https://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/id/eprint/57511/1/Environmental%20education%20and%20eco-theology%20insights%20from%20Franciscan%20schools%20in%20Indonesia.pdf
document_url: https://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/id/eprint/57511/2/surat-surat-pernyataan1680072634.pdf