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 Oecuménique de Théologie, 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 Müller-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 - Seán
McDonagh, JPIC Priorities, Columbia
A Response to Seán 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
The first companion offering an in-depth resource for Christian theological reflection on anthropogenic climate change.
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).
The editors have curated essays that will introduce students to key
debates, and inspire further vital labor from scholars in the
future.
*Reading Religion*
The sheer size of this handbook indicates the importance of climate
change for theology today.
*Theology*
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*
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