Time and Measures of Success: Interpreting and Implementing Laudato Si

Grey, C.T.S.

doi:10.1111/nbfr.12498

Time and Measures of Success: Interpreting and Implementing Laudato Si

Grey, C.T.S.

Authors

Dr Carmody Grey carmody.t.grey@durham.ac.uk
Assistant Professor

Abstract

Laudato Si’ contains a prophetic vision of what time is and is for. It challenges development organisations to think critically about the way they conceive ‘progress’, the way they measure their ‘success’. In doing so, it invites them to ask how they express in their activity a particular conception of the meaning of time. This paper argues that Laudato Si’ proposes a vision of time which is theological, teleological, dialectical and contemplative, and that it is this vision which underpins its contrast between true and false notions of progress. The paper seeks to articulate a foundation for the formulation of authentic ‘measures of success’ that are expressive of this understanding of time, and to imagine what the organisational implications of such measures might be.

Citation

Grey, C. (2020). Time and Measures of Success: Interpreting and Implementing Laudato Si. New Blackfriars, 101(1091), 5-28. https://doi.org/10.1111/nbfr.12498

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Jul 3, 2019
Online Publication Date	Oct 8, 2019
Publication Date	Jan 31, 2020
Deposit Date	Sep 25, 2019
Publicly Available Date	Oct 8, 2021
Journal	New Blackfriars
Print ISSN	0028-4289
Publisher	Wiley
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	101
Issue	1091
Pages	5-28
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1111/nbfr.12498

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This is the accepted version of the following article: Grey, C.T.S. (2019). Time and Measures of Success: Interpreting and Implementing Laudato Si. New Blackfriars 101(1091): 5-28., which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/nbfr.12498. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.