Introduction
Chapter One: The Cosmic Common Good as a Ground for Interreligious Ecological Ethics
I. Imperiled Earth and Religious Responses
II. Twofold Approach: Catholic Social Thought and Other Religious Traditions
III. Outline of Chapters
Part I: A Catholic Cosmic Common Good
Chapter Two: A Catholic Cosmic Common Good: Overview and Prospects
I. The Common Good and Human Dignity in Catholic Social Thought
II. Catholic Social Thought and Cosmic Common Good
III. Scientific Grounds for the Cosmic Common Good
IV. Theological Grounds for the Cosmic Common Good
V. Why a Cosmic Common Good?
VI. Features of a Catholic Cosmic Common Good
VII. Conclusion
Chapter Three: Classical Sources for a Catholic Cosmic Common Good: Augustine and Thomas Aquinas
I. Introduction
II. A Fivefold Cosmic Common Good
III. Implications for a Catholic Cosmic Common Good
Chapter Four: Thomas Berry and an Evolutionary Catholic Cosmic Common Good
I. Introduction
II. The Cosmic Story
III. The Threefold Nature of the Universe
IV. Implications for a Catholic Cosmic Common Good
Chapter Five: Earth Solidarity
I. Solidarity in Catholic Social Thought
II. The Virtue of Solidarity
III. Solidarity Expanded: Earth Solidarity
IV. Dimensions of Earth Solidarity
V. Conclusion
Chapter Six: Earth Rights
I. Rights in Catholic Social Thought
II. Rights Expanded: Justifications for Earth Rights
III. Earth Rights
IV. A Catholic Cosmic Common Good, Earth Solidarity and Earth Rights: Conclusion
Part II: The Cosmic Common Good and Interreligious Ecological Ethics
Chapter Seven: Comparative Theology and Ecological Ethics
I. Overview of Comparative Theology
II. Comparative Ecological Ethics
Chapter Eight: Hindu Traditions: Dharmic Ecology
I. Dharma in Hindu Traditions
II. Dharmic Ecology: Theocentrism and the Intrinsic Dignity of Creatures
III. The Atman (Self) and the Transmigration of Souls
IV. Common Good of Mother Earth
V. Dharmic Rituals as Embedded Ecology
VI. Ahim̥sā and Vegetarianism
VII. Implications for a Catholic Cosmic Common Good
Chapter Nine: Buddhist Traditions: Interdependence
I. Pratītyasamutpāda/Dependent Origination as a Cosmological Principle
II. Pratītyasamutpāda/Interdependence as an Ecological Principle: Thich Nhat Hanh
III. Pratītyasamutpāda/Interdependence as an Ecological Principle: Joanna Macy
IV. The Jeweled Net of Indra
V. Implications for a Catholic Cosmic Common Good
Chapter Ten: American Indian Traditions: Balance with All Our Relations
I. Indigenous Traditions and Systemic Violence
II. Four Features of American Indian Worldviews and Their Ecological Implications
III. The Lakota
IV. Lakota Spatiality as Implicit Critique of Amer-European Temporality
V. Self-Critical Implications for a Catholic Cosmic Common Good
Conclusion: An Interreligious Cosmic Common Good.