The challenge that raises is whether the human species is capable of a kind of moral/spiritual evolution. Can we adapt to the challenge of the environment (we have helped to create) in a way that is appropriate to the threat facing our world and future generations?
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Are humans designed to care only for their immediate tribe, their present safety and comfort? If so, we will not survive the threat of climate change and nuclear doomsday. Only if we evolve to care for the earth, distant strangers, future generations as we do for our own.
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It is one thing for a species to adapt physically to a changing habitat. But now the fate of countless species--and our own--depends on our capacity for a kind of moral/spiritual evolution. Our religious institutions and theologies must undergo a similar evolutionary leap.
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For Christians, the reference point is Jesus, who showed a new way of being human. Many other saints and prophets have pointed the way: St. Francis, St. Hildegard, Gandhi, Dorothy Day, Sr. Dorothy Stang. Where are these new creatures? Already among us.
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