A Common Care for Creation: Said Nursi and Pope Francis on Environment

Abstract: The aim of this study is to delineate the major characteristics of Said Nursi’s philosophy of the environment and try to compare and contrast it with Pope Francis views on the environment. Nursi contemplated both the manifest and hidden wonders of nature, and linked nature’s secrets to the omnipotence and omnipresence of the Divine. Recently, Pope Francis, as the leader of the world’s largest faith community, who is according to polls, one of the most trusted, popular and retweeted people on the planet, laid out the argument for a new partnership between science and religion to combat human-driven climate change. Therefore, to compare and contrast Nursi and Pope Francis’ views on the deep meaning of creation and its implication for the environment would be very relevant for us and for the rest of creation.

Read the full essay here.