Download or read book Between God Green written by Katharine K. Wilkinson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-06-08 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite three decades of scientists' warnings and environmentalists' best efforts, the political will and public engagement necessary to fuel robust action on global climate change remain in short supply. Katharine K. Wilkinson shows that, contrary to popular expectations, faith-based efforts are emerging and strengthening to address this problem. In the US, perhaps none is more significant than evangelical climate care. Drawing on extensive focus group and textual research and interviews, Between God & Green explores the phenomenon of climate care, from its historical roots and theological grounding to its visionary leaders and advocacy initiatives. Wilkinson examines the movement's reception within the broader evangelical community, from pew to pulpit. She shows that by engaging with climate change as a matter of private faith and public life, leaders of the movement challenge traditional boundaries of the evangelical agenda, partisan politics, and established alliances and hostilities. These leaders view sea-level rise as a moral calamity, lobby for legislation written on both sides of the aisle, and partner with atheist scientists. Wilkinson reveals how evangelical environmentalists are reshaping not only the landscape of American climate action, but the contours of their own religious community. Though the movement faces complex challenges, climate care leaders continue to leverage evangelicalism's size, dominance, cultural position, ethical resources, and mechanisms of communication to further their cause to bridge God and green.
Download or read book A New Climate for Theology written by Sallie McFague and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2008-04-03 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change promises monumental changes to human and other planetary life in the next generations. Yet government, business, and individuals have been largely in denial of the possibility that global warming may put our species on the road to extinction. Further, says Sallie McFague, we have failed to see the real root of our behavioral troubles in an economic model that actually reflects distorted religious views of the person. At its heart, she maintains, global warming occurs because we lack an appropriate understanding of ourselves as inextricably bound to the planet and its systems. A New Climate for Theology not only traces the distorted notion of unlimited desire that fuels our market system; it also paints an alternative idea of what being human means and what a just and sustainable economy might mean. Convincing, specific, and wise, McFague argues for an alternative economic order and for our relational identity as part of an unfolding universe that expresses divine love and human freedom. It is a view that can inspire real change, an altered lifestyle, and a form of Christian discipleship and desire appropriate to who we really are.
Download or read book God on Climate Change written by Jim Wear and published by Lifelinz Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tax on air? Seems like a joke but that is exactly what proponents of "climate change" propose in order to save the earth from annihilation. So what does God have to say about "climate change?" A lot, actually. It is time we heed what the word of God, the Bible, discloses about creation and the Creator. While we are to be good stewards of the earth, we lose sight that we also are His creation. "But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You our potter; and all we are the work of Your hand" (Isaiah 64:8). As you read this book, ask yourself this question. Why would a Creator, God, create mankind to inhabit His creation knowing that man has the power to destroy His creation?
Download or read book God Creation and Climate Change written by Richard W. Miller (II.) and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading theologians and ethicists reflect on the most serious crisis of our time, offering insights from theology, history, and ethics to aid in the transformation required to meet it. The magnitude of the problem of environmental degradation and climate change requires a complete rethinking and reorientation of our way of being in the world. Responding to this crisis requires not only a conversion of the will but even more fundamentally a transformation of the imagination-that is, the capacity to think of other ways of being, thinking, and acting in the world. These original essays, by a distinguished group of Catholic scholars, assess the gravity of the situation and offer resources from biblical and theological traditions for the necessary mobilization of will and the conversion of our imaginations. Book jacket.
Download or read book Global Warming Or God s Warning written by Desmond Michael Coverley Ph. D. and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2017-12-08 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today’s world is full of strange phenomena—terrible storms, heat waves, droughts—that many are quick to attribute to the process of global warming. But could these happenings be better explained by biblical prophecies? Coverley, looks at media stories, scientific evidence, the opinions of laypeople, and the Scriptures themselves to find the answer.
Download or read book Between God and Green written by Katharine K. Wilkinson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2012-07-05 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite three decades of scientists' warnings and environmentalists' best efforts, the political will and public engagement necessary to fuel robust action on global climate change remain in short supply. Wilkinson shows that faith-based efforts are emerging and strengthening to address this problem.
Download or read book Christians the Care of Creation and Global Climate Change written by Lindy Scott and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christians, the Care of Creation, and Global Climate Change is a wake-up call for Christians and others. It is a cogent and persuasive call to love God and our neighbors by caring for creation--especially in light of the dramatic climate changes occurring before our eyes. This book is not the final word on the subject, but it is a sincere invitation to examine the scientific evidence for global warming and to respond with individual and collective faithful actions. CONTRIBUTORS: Douglas Allen, Jeffrey K. Greenberg, P. J. Hill, Sir John T. Houghton, A. Duane Litfin, Ben Lowe, Vincent E. Morris, L. Kristen Page, Lindy Scott, Noah J. Toly
Download or read book Global Climate Change the Bible Science written by Dennis Dinger and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-11-17 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intelligentsia would have you believe that the debate over global warming is over. The author believes the debate never actually took place. As a Christian, the author also believes it behooves mankind to ask, ""What does the Bible say about this subject?"" It turns out that the Bible has quite a lot to say: (1) God created ... and (2) God controls ... the heavens, the earth, and all life in it. (3) God also controls the wind and the rain -- that is, He controls weather and climate systems. In addition to presenting the details of the Bible teaching, discussions cover process control systems, computer modelling, and the composition and properties of air, as they apply to the global warming debate. Following background discussions, this book presents the author's views and recommendations.
Download or read book God s Truth About Climate Change written by Rena Britt and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2023-02-08 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “God’s Truth about Climate Change” gives your children and you Biblical reasons why you need not succumb to the World’s “drumbeat” of fear that our planet will be destroyed in however many years “they” say it will. God says only He can end the world, not you. God says what you do can pollute the earth, but never destroy it. Learn what scriptures says about “when”, “how’ and “who” will end the world. This book gives a clear, concise and accurate account of God’s plan for our earth in comparison to the world’s view. It’s first and foremost a must-read for our children. By being exposed to God’s truth, they need not live in fear of the dire predictions that are prevalent today. It will make a great gift for your loved ones, Sunday Schools, Church and Christian Schools.
Download or read book Climate Change Be Prepared written by Marshall Clayton and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-02-09 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As you walk through each day, having the privilege of seeing, hearing, and sharing events that unfold in your life, how much of it all can you truly depend on? To the best of my ability and to the earnest desire of my heart, this book is written to give the reader a place of basic understanding of Gods design of the events we hear a lot about today. The focus is not on what we see and hear today but what the overall concept of the very mind-set of God is as he brings each part of the big picture together. The understanding of this book is based not on science but rather on faith in the God of this universe. Its foremost character is God himself. As you read the events that unfold, you will notice that most are interwoven with one another and that one overlaps the next. One other strong point is that all come to a relationship between you, as an individual, and the very God of the universe. Everything we see and all that we hear or think means nothing to groups or multitudes of people. In reality, its simply you and God. This book, in all that is written or stated, is meant to bring the reader to that conclusion. As this earth goes through time and change, the only real change that matters is your relationship with the true God of this universe. The intent of this book is to bring you to that resolve.
Download or read book Christianity Climate Change and Sustainable Living written by Nick Spencer and published by Brazos Press. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What should Christians do to protect the Earth and its people? Amounts and patterns of consumption and production in the West have reached a level that cannot be maintained. Lifestyles based on our present way of creating and using energy are no longer environmentally sustainable--and are threatening the health and well-being of both planet and people. Our activities and the policies that shape them need to change. In light of those realities, Spencer, White, and Vroblesky offer serious Christian engagement with the emerging issue of Sustainable Consumption and Production. They analyze the scientific, sociological, economic, and theological thinking that makes a Christian response to these trends imperative and distinctive. And they offer practical conclusions that explore and explain what can be done at the personal, community, national, and international levels to ensure that next generations will have the resources necessary for life. Firmly rooted in the good news of the Christian faith, this is, above all, a constructive and hopeful book that offers a realistic vision of what the future could and should look like. This book is endorsed by A Rocha: Christians in Conservation, The Jubliee Centre, The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, and The Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies.
Download or read book From God to Climate Change written by Tony Garnier and published by Paragon Publishing. This book was released on with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is my story of my grandfather and father, and the divergent paths they took in respective 30-year-plus careers to influence seemingly unrelated world trends continuing to this day – one to contribute ‘body, mind and spirit’ to the extraordinary rise of China to become a world power and the other to detail the damage to Earth of human-induced climate change, decades before the rest of the world woke up to it. Each career logically leads to a ‘modern day’ synopsis of their perspective of life based on their major achievements. Alberto Giovanni Garnier, a Waldensian Italian who in 1948 became Albert John Garnier and a British citizen, was an influential Protestant (Baptist) missionary to China for 30 years. Between 1906 and 1936, Albert, or Chia Liyan (妏堙槶) as Chinese named him, was known to millions through his many radio talks and publications. In 1933, he was instrumental in founding a religious radio station in Shanghai, from which he frequently broadcast across China. A noted linguist, the story highlights Albert’s harrowing account of his imprisonment without trial on the Isle of Man during World War II even though he had been appointed a Censor to monitor war-time China and Italian mail services. Benjamin John Garnier, his son, was a scientist. As a climatologist, over 40 years of research and thinking in New Zealand, Nigeria, United States, Canada and Italy he came to believe that the solution to the problems threatening Earth resided squarely in the three-part evolution of the human brain. Earth is going to end up a living hell if we don’t learn how to ignore the destructive messages coming from the more primitive parts of our brains. It is also the story of my relationship with Albert and Ben through 25 years of family separation. I never met Albert, although he constantly wrote to me through my teenage years after my father left his family stranded in New Zealand in 1950. It would not be until 1975 that I caught up with Ben and repaired our relationship.
Download or read book Caring for Creation written by Paul Douglas and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faith-Based Solutions to Caring for the Earth Climate change is a confusing and polarizing issue. It may also prove to be the most daunting challenge of this century because children, the elderly, and the poor will be the first to feel its effects. The issue is all over the news, but what is seldom heard is a conservative, evangelical perspective. Connecting the dots between science and faith, this book explores the climate debate and how Christians can take the lead in caring for God's creation. The authors answer top questions such as "What's really happening?" and "Who can we trust?" and discuss stewarding the earth in light of evangelical values. "Acting on climate change is not about political agendas," they say. "It's about our kids. It's about being a disciple of Jesus Christ." Capping off this empowering book are practical, simple ideas for improving our environment and helping our families and those around us.
Download or read book Sustainable Faith A green gospel for the age of climate change written by Nicola L. Bull and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bible-based, this book demonstrates that an important element of 21st-century Christian faith is about engaging with the big challenges of climate change and sustainable living.
Download or read book A Climate for Change written by Katharine Hayhoe and published by FaithWords. This book was released on 2009-10-29 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most Christian lifestyle or environmental books focus on how to live in a sustainable and conservational manner. A CLIMATE FOR CHANGE shows why Christians should be living that way, and the consequences of doing so. Drawing on the two authors' experiences, one as an internationally recognized climate scientist and the other as an evangelical leader of a growing church, this book explains the science underlying global warming, the impact that human activities have on it, and how our Christian faith should play a significant role in guiding our opinions and actions on this important issue.
Download or read book The Gospel of Climate Skepticism written by Robin Globus Veldman and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are white evangelicals the most skeptical major religious group in America regarding climate change? Previous scholarship has pointed to cognitive factors such as conservative politics, anti-science attitudes, aversion to big government, and theology. Drawing on qualitative fieldwork, The Gospel of Climate Skepticism reveals the extent to which climate skepticism and anti-environmentalism have in fact become embedded in the social world of many conservative evangelicals. Rejecting the common assumption that evangelicals’ skepticism is simply a side effect of political or theological conservatism, the book further shows that between 2006 and 2015, leaders and pundits associated with the Christian Right widely promoted skepticism as the biblical position on climate change. The Gospel of Climate Skepticism offers a compelling portrait of how during a critical period of recent history, political and religious interests intersected to prevent evangelicals from offering a unified voice in support of legislative action to address climate change.
Download or read book Is God Green written by Lionel Windsor and published by . This book was released on 2018-09 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What the Bible says about how we rule, serve and enjoy the world.
