Hear, hear …

… Christians, Capitalism, and Culture: A Response to David Bentley Hart | Public Discourse. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

My point is not to belabor the encyclical’s inadequacies as it ventures into subjects ranging from economic history to air conditioning’s environmental impact. Rather, it is to illustrate that some of Laudato Si’s statements (1) lack coherence or (2) present certain contentions as “facts” that turn out to be claims that any faithful Christian can reasonably dispute, either because of an absence of evidence or the existence of substantive evidence to the contrary.

This Pope, it seems to me, is too credulous when it comes to pronouncements by technocrats. I also don't think he has a clue to how things work in a liberal democracy.