Making Peace with the Earth: Action and Advocacy for Climate Justice

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church, climate change, climate justice, Guillermo Kerber, Michael West, sustainability, World Council of Churches

My new edited book, Making Peace with the Earth: Action and Advocacy for Climate Justice (WCC) is now available.

This project started 2 years at the World Council of Churches (WCC) working group on climate change in Germany. It appeared to be an easy enough project until I realize that having contributors around the world was going to be a challenge.

This difficult task of putting together a book with contributors from around the world was overcome by the wonderful help of the WCC editor, Michael West. To him I am greatly indebted.

Thank you to Michael West, Guillermo Kerber (previous coordinator for Care for Creation and Climate Justice at the World Council of Churches) who wrote an excellent Foreword and to all the contributors who are part of the working group or are friends of WCC.

Thank you for all your action and advocacy on climate justice.

WCC meeting in Germany 2014

Making Peace with the Earth: Table of Contents

Foreword: Guillermo Kerber

Preface: Grace Ji-Sun Kim

Contributors

Part One: Churches Respond to Climate Change

Doing Theology in a New Way: A Swedish Perspective on the Climate-Change Challenge to Churches-Henrik Grape

Health as a Human Right: Medical Professionals and Climate Change-Larisa Skuratovskaya, Nino Zhvania, and L. Cornelius

Advocacy and Action in Scotland: The Work of Churches and Eco-Congregation Scotland-Adrian Shaw

Youth for Climate Justice: A Case Study-Pawel Pustelnik

Environmental Challenges in Finland and in the Lutheran Church-Ilkka Sipiläinen

Advocacy for Eco-Justice in Palestine-Simon I. Awad

One Earth, One Sea, One Sky-Joy Kennedy

Part Two: Eco-Theology and Climate Justice

Religious Responses to Climate Change: Turning Faith into Action-Elias Crisostomo Abramides

Climate Justice and Environmental Protection: A Challenge to Churches in Asia, Africa, and Europe-Jochen Motte

From Climate Justice to the Energiewende: The Debate in Germany and Churches as Change Agents-Richard Brand, Katja Breyer, Klaus Breyer, and Eva-Maria Reinwald

Deforestation, Poverty, and Climate Change: Evaluating Strategies for Sustainable Living-Lucas Andrianos

12. Eco-Theology, Climate Justice, and Theological Education-Raphael Sartorius and Dietrich Werner

Salim, Ever-Recycling Energy: A Korean Postcolonial Eco-Feminist Theology of Life-Jea Sophia Oh

Rice Is Heaven: Revisiting and Transforming Lost Korean Values in the Era of Climate Change-Meehyun Chung

Art for Climate Justice-Lucy D’Souza-Krone

Part Three: Interfaith Initiatives and Care for the Earth

Divest and Reinvest Now! Faith Communities, Fossil-Fuel Divestment, and a Clean-Energy Future-Fletcher Harper

Indigenous Ecological Spirituality and the Land: Tourism and Development in Northeast India-Marina Ngursangzeli Behera

The Dance of Krishna: Environmental Challenges in India and Hindu Resources-Siddhartha

Epilogue: Theological Reflections on Ecumenical Action and Advocacy on Climate Change-Ernst Conradie

Book Description

The greatest untapped natural resource for addressing the world’s most pressing problems comes from the energy of religiously committed people. This book gathers the expertise of activists, theologians, and faith-based organizations to inspire and encourage churches everywhere in grassroots work and advocacy for climate justice. No issue so violates the core of Christian convictions as the jeopardizing of human life and creation through climate change. Writing from the concrete experiences and efforts of churches in Greece, Scotland, Sweden, Finland, Germany, tropical Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific Islands, the book’s contributors also address related issues of health, human rights, land and deforestation, food security, migration, divestment, as well as creation spirituality and theology. The book points out that making peace with the earth will not be easy, but now is the time for religious leaders, church people, and organizations to make the climate their priority. [Subject: Religious Studies, Christianity, Environmental Studies]