What does this research mean for the field?

A reconfigured incarnational eco-theology that centers the experiences of people with disabilities is necessary to overcome the anthropocentric and rationalist assumptions of existing frameworks like Laudato Si'. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.CHALLENGES_CONSENSUS.

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To establish a post-Laudato Si’ eco-theological framework that centers the embodied experiences of persons with disabilities to reconfigure ecological justice.

September 2, 2026Journal of Disability & Religion

Post- Laudato Si’ Eco-Theology: Focus on People with Disabilities

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LNLeslie S. NthoiUniversity of Botswana MMMacdelyn Khutsafalo MosalagaeUniversity of Botswana

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Theoretical analysis reveals anthropocentric limitations in Laudato Si’ regarding disability, suggesting an incarnational eco-theology centered on interdependence.

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To establish a post-Laudato Si’ eco-theological framework that centers the embodied experiences of persons with disabilities to reconfigure ecological justice.
Conducted a theoretical critique of anthropocentric, rationalist, and Enlightenment assumptions embedded in the integral ecology model of Laudato Si’.
Integrated foundational concepts from disability theology, particularly the scholarship of Hans Reinders, alongside ecclesial and eco-feminist environmental discourses.
Identified that conventional ecological models inadvertently exclude disabled individuals by equating moral significance with autonomy, cognitive rationality, or sentience.
Formulated an incarnational ecology framework that establishes bodily limitation, vulnerability, and relational interdependence as sacred components of ecological personhood.

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Nthoi et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a97e249c562ede874ec657f https://doi.org/10.1080/23312521.2026.2721992

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Theoretical analysis reveals anthropocentric limitations in Laudato Si’ regarding disability, suggesting an incarnational eco-theology centered on interdependence.

Post- Laudato Si’ Eco-Theology: Focus on People with Disabilities

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Post- Laudato Si’ Eco-Theology: Focus on People with Disabilities

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