Table of Contents

Introduction: Christian Theology and Climate Change in the North Atlantic Context - Ernst M. Conradie, University of the West Cape, South Africa and Hilda P. Koster, Concordia College, USA Part 1: Working with Others: The Need for Multi-disciplinary Collaboration Introduction - Ernst M. Conradie, University of the West Cape, South Africa 1.1 Working with Climate Scientists - Heather Eaton, Saint Paul University, Canada A Response to Heather Eaton - Katherine Hayhoe, Texas Tech University, USA and W. Douglas Hayhoe, Tyndale University College and Seminary, Canada 1.2 Working with Evolutionary Biologists - Lisa H. Sideris, Indiana University, USA A Response to Lisa Sideris - Vidyanand Nanjundiah, Centre for Human Genetics in Bangalore, India 1.3 Working with Environmental Economists - Annika Rieger, Boston College, USA and Joerg Rieger, Vanderbilt University, USA A Response to Annika and Joerg Rieger - Terra Schwerin Rowe, University of North Texas, USA 1.4 Working with Politics - Willis Jenkins, University of Virginia, USA A Response to Willis Jenkins - Tinyiko Maluleke, University of Pretoria, South Africa 1.5 Working with Climate Engineers - Forrest Clingerman, Ohio Northern University, USA A Response to Forrest Clingerman - Asfawossen Asrat, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia 1.6 Working with Artists - Nancy Rakoczy, Independent Scholar, USA 1.7 Working with Climate Activist in Civil Society - Todd LeVasseur, College of Charleston, USA and Bernard Zaleha, Independant Scholar, USA A Southern African Response to Todd LeVasseur and Bernard Zaleha - Kate Davies, SAFCEI, South Africa, and Ngonidzashe Edward, Jesuit Ecology and Development Program for Southern Africa, South Africa 1.8 Working with Climate Activists in Other Religious Traditions - Paul O. Ingram, Pacific Lutheran University, USA A Response to Paul Ingram - Allan Samuel Palanna Part 2: Finding Common Moral Ground in Working with Others Introduction - A Moral Anthropocene - Larry Rasmussen, Union Theological Seminary, USA 2.1 Finding Common Ground on a Moral Vision for the Good Society - Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, USA A Response from a Latinx / Latin American Perspective - Raimundo C. Barreto, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA 2.2 Finding Common Ground on Ecological Virtues - Steven Bouma-Prediger, Hope College, USA An Islamic Response to Steven Bouma-Prediger - Yasien Mohamed, University of the Western Cape, South Africa 2.3 Finding Common Ground on Appropriate Values, Goals, Policies and Middle Axioms - James B. Martin-Schramm, Luther College, USA A Response to James Martin-Schramm - Philipp Pattberg, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands 2.4 Finding Common Ground on Environmental Rights and Responsibilities - Kevin J. O'Brien, Pacific Lutheran University, USA A Response to Kevin O'Brien - Flavio Conrado, Independent Scholar Part 3: Working With and Against Others from Within Introduction - Ernst M. Conradie, University of the West Cape, South Africa 3.1 Working with Orthodox Forms of Christianity - John Chryssavgis, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, USA and Frederick Krueger, Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration, USA A Response to John Chryssavgis and Frederick Krueger - George Zachariah, Trinity Methodist Theological College, New Zealand 3.2 Working with Catholic Forms of Christianity - Celia Deane-Drummond, Oxford University, UK A Response to Celia Deane-Drummond - Maria Pilar Aquino, University of San Diego, USA 3.3 Working with Anglican forms of Christianity - Rachel Mash, Anglican Church of Southern Africa, South Africa A Response to Rachel Mash - Kapya Kaoma, Boston University Center for Global Christianity, USA, and St. John's University, Zambia 3.4 Working with Lutheran Forms of Christianity - Vitor Westhelle, Lutheran School of Theology, USA A Response to Vitor Westhelle - Gwamaka Ephraim Mwankenja 3.5 Working with Reformed forms of Christianity - Nadia Marais, Stellenbosch University, South Africa A Response to Nadia Marais - August Tamawiwy, Duta Wacana Christian University, Indonesia 3.6 Working with Anabaptist Forms of Christianity - Nathanael L. Inglis, Bethany Theological Seminary, USA A Response to Nathanael L. Inglis - Paulus S. Widjaja, Duta Wacana Christian University, Indonesia 3.7 Working with Pentecostal forms of Christianity - Christopher Vena, Toccoa Falls College, USA A Response to Christopher Vena - Loreen Maseno, Maseno University, Kenya 3.8 Climate Change and the Ecumenical Movement - Wesley Granberg-Michaelson, General Secretary Emeritus of the Reformed Church, USA A Response to Wesley Granberg-Michaelson - Guillermo Kerber, Atelier Oecumenique de Theologie, Switzerland Part 4: The Christian Story of God's Work Introduction: On Telling the Story - Ernst M. Conradie, University of the West Cape, South Africa 4.1 God's Initial and Ongoing Creating - Thomas Jay Oord, Independent Scholar, USA 4.2 God's Work Through the Emergence of Humanity - Peter Manley Scott, University of Manchester, UK 4.3 The Emergence of Human Sin - Ernst M. Conradie, University of the West Cape, South Africa 4.4 God's Continued Providence - Clive Pearson, Charles Sturt University, Australia 4.5 God's Acts of Salvation for Us - Ernst M. Conradie, University of the West Cape, South Africa 4.6 God's Work of Salvation in Us and Through Us - Hilda P. Koster, Concordia College, USA 4.7 God's Work through the Church - Karen L. Bloomquist, Independent Scholar, USA 4.8 God's Work of Consummation - Geiko Muller-Fahrenholz, Independent Scholar, Germany 4.9 Climate Change and God's Work of Election - Gijsbert van den Brink, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and Eva van Urk, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands 4.10 The Story of God's Work: An Open-Ended Narrative - Ernst M. Conradie, University of the West Cape, South Africa The Christian Story of God's Work - A Brazilian Response - Ivone Gebara, Independent Scholar, Brazil The Christian Story of God's Work - An African American Response - Willie James Jennings, Yale University, USA The Christian Story of God's Work: A Chinese Christian Response - Lai Pan-chiu, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Part 5: The Christian Notion of God's Identity and Character Introduction - Ernst M. Conradie, University of the West Cape, South Africa, and Hilda P. Koster, Concordia College, USA 5.1 The Spirit and Climate Change - Sigurd Bergmann, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway An African Eco-Woman's Response to Sigurd Bergmann - Fulata Moyo, Independant Scholar, World Council of Churches 5.2 Jesus the Christ and Climate Change - Sallie McFague,Vancouver School of Theology, Canada A Response to Sallie McFague - Robert Owuso Agyarko, Central University, Ghana 5.3 God as Father: Patriarchy and Climate Change - Susan Rakoczy, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa A Response to Susan Rakoczy - Whitney A. Bauman, Florida International University, USA 5.4 The Triune God and Climate Change - Denis Edwards (deceased) Australian Catholic University, Australia A Response to Denis Edwards - Teddy C. Sakupapa, University of the Western Cape, South Africa Part 6: The Promise and Perils of Ecclesial Praxis Introduction - Hilda P. Koster, Concordia College, USA 6.1 Climate Change and Liturgical Praxis - Christina Gschwandtner, Fordham University, USA A Response to Christina Gschwandtner - Ezra Chitando, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe 6.2 Climate Change and Exegetical, Hermeneutical and Homiletical praxis - Barbara Rossing, Lutheran School of Theology of Chicago, USA A Response to Barbara Rossing - Monica Melanchton, University of Divinity, Australia 6.3 Climate Change and Christian Fellowship - Erin Lothes, College of St. Elizabeth, USA A Response to Erin Lothes - Kuzipa Nalwamba, Council for World Mission, South Africa 6.4 Climate Change and Pastoral Praxis - Storm Swain, United Lutheran Seminary, USA A Response to Storm Swaine - Elizabeth Tapia, United Methodist Church, Philippines 6.5 Climate Change, Ecclesial Praxis and Social Teaching - Sean McDonagh, JPIC Priorities, Columbia A Response to Sean McDonagh - Meehyun Chung, Yonsei University, South Korea Part 7: Concluding Observations 7.1 Doing Justice in terms of Issues of Class? - Kwok Pui-lan, Episcopal Divinity School, USA 7.2 Doing Justice in terms of Issues of Gender? - Sharon Bong, Monash University, Malaysia 7.3 Doing Justice in terms of Issues of Race? - Melanie Harris, University of Denver, USA 7.4 Doing Justice in terms of issues of Religious Diversity? - Kim Yong-Bock, Hanshin University, South Korea 7.5 Doing Justice in terms of Animals? - David Clough, University of Chester, UK 7.6 Doing Justice in terms of Geographic Divides? - Jesse N. K. Mugambi, University of Nairobi, Kenya 7.7 Doing Justice in terms of Carbon Mitigation? - Hans Diefenbacher, University of Heidelberg, Germany Selected Bibliography Index

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About the Author

Ernst M. Conradie is Senior Professor in the Department of Religion and Theology at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. Hilda P. Koster is Associate Professor of Religion, Sustainability and Environmental Studies at Concordia College, USA. She is the Co-Editor (with Grace Ji-Sun Kim) of Planetary Solidarity: Global Women's Voices on Christian Doctrine and Climate Justice (2017) and, with Rosemary P. Carbine, Gift of Theology: The Contribution of Kathryn Tanner (2015).

Reviews

Christianity is a planetary religion; the climate crisis is a planetary threat. In this essential volume, theologians and scientists work with care and with passion to see how the former might help solve the latter. Since nothing has ever more comprehensively challenged the Gospel commandment to care for the least among us, no analysis could be more necessary than this! * Bill McKibben, Middlebury College, USA *
This book is a remarkable achievement as it sets in motion a creative dialogue among and between Christians around climate change challenges. It does this within a context of acknowledging the role of science, policy, economics, and the arts. There is no book like it and it will remain a leading source of thinking and transformation for Christians for years to come. * Mary Evelyn Tucker, Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, USA *
The urgency for everyone to do something to mitigate and help adapt to climate change makes the T&T Handbook on Christian Theology and Climate Change of immense value. I find the handbook to be a very comprehensive and creative conversation on a pilgrimage of justice and peace. Although the main essays are written by multi-discipline scholars and theologians who are predominantly from and for the North Atlantic contexts, the rich responses from other parts of the world bring cultural, racial and gender diversity to the conversation on Christian Theology and climate change. I see this handbook to be of great value to students, teachers and any study group within and beyond North Atlantic contexts who are interested in understanding the role of Christian Theology in mitigating and adapting to climate change. It is thought provoking and requires more responses from the readers. * Isabel Apawo Phiri, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa *