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CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 7b By way of example…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 7b By way of example…
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
By way of example… There is plentiful scope for this theme of climate change and the common good to become the equivalent of a case study once its theological legitimacy is established. For it to perform this kind of task there should be some criteria for evaluation…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 7 Exploring a public theology for here on earth
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 7 Exploring a public theology for here on earth
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Exploring a public theology for here on earth The very nature of a public theology is to engage with occasional issues which grab the public concern and require immediate and/ or long-term attention. The common practice is to argue that the purpose of a public theology is to nurt…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 6b Recovering moral agency in a global neighbourhood
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 6b Recovering moral agency in a global neighbourhood
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Recovering moral agency in a global neighbourhood Contemporary globalization links people and places thousands of miles apart in a myriad daily exchanges of goods, including food, drink, clothing and energy resources. The governance of these spatially distant exchange relationshi…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 6 The concealments of carbon markets and the publicity of love in a time of climate change
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 6 The concealments of carbon markets and the publicity of love in a time of climate change
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
The concealments of carbon markets and the publicity of love in a time of climate change It was first proposed by John Tyndall in 1859 that greenhouse gases – and especially carbon dioxide – play a role in regulating the diurnal temperature of the earth. In 1938 G. S. Callendar a…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 5d Carbon stabilization and economic development
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 5d Carbon stabilization and economic development
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Carbon stabilization and economic development There is one elephant in the room that I want to touch on before concluding and that is economic growth. Our leaders, in public at least, accept two imperatives – carbon stabilization and continuing economic development…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 5c Guiding principles for environmental and economic sustainability
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 5c Guiding principles for environmental and economic sustainability
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Guiding principles for environmental and economic sustainability There are two guiding principles that seem to me to be self-evident. First, don’t use natural resources faster than they can be replenished by the planet. Second, don’t deposit wastes faster than they can be absorbe…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 5b The urgency of dealing with climate change at the global level
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 5b The urgency of dealing with climate change at the global level
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
The urgency of dealing with climate change at the global level Climate change is not a discrete issue to be addressed apart from all the others. The global economy fundamentally drives climate change, and economic strategies will need to be revised if the climate is ever to be st…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 5 Disturbing the present
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 5 Disturbing the present
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Disturbing the present* A friend wrote in a letter to me at New Year 2009 that ‘Today is arguably the first day of the most important year in human history.’ And I agreed. The reason for this is the unique nature of climate change as a human problem that will be dealt with at Cop…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 4d The problem of reductionism in science and dualism in religion
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 4d The problem of reductionism in science and dualism in religion
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
The problem of reductionism in science and dualism in religion Finally, I would like to put our relationship with our environment into a historical, theological and personal context. Why is it that the world’s religions seem to have had so little to say in the climate debate?…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 4c Climate sceptics in religion and media
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 4c Climate sceptics in religion and media
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Climate sceptics in religion and media It is all very reminiscent of another battleground into which, given that these lectures are supposed to be about theology and public life, I will digress for a moment: evolution and creation. I find it incredible that, in this supposedly sc…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 4b The effect of climate change in Antarctica
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 4b The effect of climate change in Antarctica
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
The effect of climate change in Antarctica All the climate models show quite clearly that regions warm at different rates. Polar regions show the greatest rises and the biggest consequences. And the changes are not all in the future. During my five-week voyage along the Antarctic…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 4 Hope, hype and honesty reporting global change: A still point on a turning planet
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 4 Hope, hype and honesty reporting global change: A still point on a turning planet
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Hope, hype and honesty reporting global change: A still point on a turning planet My background is in geology, though I have been a science journalist for three decades. As far as religion is concerned, my position might be best summarized by the answer the late Arthur C. Clarke …
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 3c Reading Luke and saving the planet
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 3c Reading Luke and saving the planet
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Reading Luke and saving the planet After this brief snapshot of Palestine then and now, I return to the central issue: how does reading Luke affect the agenda of global warming? We have looked at the context for Jesus’ ministry, but what of its content?…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 3b Jesus as a landless prophet and the situation of Palestine today
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 3b Jesus as a landless prophet and the situation of Palestine today
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Jesus as a landless prophet and the situation of Palestine today What were the issues for Jesus and the community for which Luke wrote regarding justice for the earth? Even though this was a community treading lightly on the earth compared with ourselves, ecological justice was f…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 3 Consider the lilies of the field: Reading Luke’s Gospel and saving the planet
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 3 Consider the lilies of the field: Reading Luke’s Gospel and saving the planet
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Consider the lilies of the field: Reading Luke’s Gospel and saving the planet ‘Consider the lilies….’ (Luke 12.22–31); the flowers in the grounds of Tantur Ecumenical Institute, outside Jerusalem, near the Bethlehem checkpoint, are thought to be the biblical lilies. Whether they …
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 2d Destruction of destructive powers
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 2d Destruction of destructive powers
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Destruction of destructive powers I am now going to turn back from chapters 8 and 9 to chapter 3, because I want to ask where the Church stands in all of this. I turn especially to the warning to the church in Laodicea:…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 2c God’s redemptive will in the midst of calamities
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 2c God’s redemptive will in the midst of calamities
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
God’s redemptive will in the midst of calamities It is in this situation that the warning is sounded. Revelation is not astrology: it is not foretelling particular events, the catastrophes which might attend climate change. What it does do, however, is prompt us to thought…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 2b The environment and the development agenda