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My contribution to a video put together by ACT Alliance on why gender justice must be part of climate justice. This video was made at #COP25 in Madrid, Spain.
“Gender justice must be part of climate justice because more women are living in poverty which means that they are more affected by climate change therefore their voices must be at the table as they talk about their own rights and justice issues so that we can all live sustainably together.”
Gender Justice and Climate Justice vimeo
For more information on gender justice and climate change, please read my co-edited book, Planetary Solidarity with Hilda Koster. It is a book on global women’s voices who are tackling climate change.
With my coeditor, Dr. Hilda Koster
Table of Contents:
Foreword: Celia Deane-Drummond
Introduction: Grace Ji-Sun Kim & Hilda P. Koster
Part I. Reimagining
- An Earth-Centric Theological Framing for Planetary Solidarity by Heather Eaton
Re-Imaging with Laudato Si’
- Imagining and Incarnating an Integral Ecology: A Critical Ecofeminist Public Theology by Rosemary P. Carbine
- Women’s Suffering, Climate Injustice, God, and Pope Francis’s Theology: Some Insights from Brazil by Ivone Gebara
- Not Only for the Sake of Man: Asian Feminist Theological Responses to Laudato Si’ by Sharon A. Bong
Part II. Doctrines and Situations
God, Creation, and Humanity
- Reimagining the Triune God for a Time of Global Climate Change by Sallie McFague
- And G*d Saw That It Was Good— Imago Dei and Its Challenge to Climate Justice by Wanda Deifelt
Sin and Evil
- The Fire Alarm Is Off: A Feminist Theological Reflection on Sin, Climate Change, Energy, and the Protection of Wilderness in Iceland by Arnfríður Guðmundsdóttir
- Trafficked Lands: Sexual Violence, Oil, and Structural Evil in the Dakotas by Hilda Koster
Incarnation
- “Ukugqiba inkaba”—Burying the Umbilical Cord: An African Indigenous Ecofeminist Perspective on Incarnation by Fulata Lusungu Moyo
- Motherhood and Christ in an African Ecofeminist Theology for Climate Justice by Isabel Mukonyora
Cross and Salvation
- Seeds, Cross, and a Paradox of Life from Death: A Postcolonial Eco-Christology by Jea Sophia Oh
- Salvation for All! Cosmic Salvation for an Age of Climate Injustice: A Korean Perspective by Meehyun Chung
Spirit
- Ecowomanist Wisdom: Encountering Earth and Spirit by Melanie L. Harris
- The Spirit as Moral-Spiritual Power for Earth-Honoring, Justice-Seeking Ways of Shaping Our Life in Common by Cynthia Moe-Lobeda
Mary and the Church
- Virgins: Resources for an Ecotheological Praxis by Theresa A. Yugar
- Environmental Activism in the Philippines: A Practical Theological Perspective by Joyce Ann Mercer
Hope and Eschatology
- ¡Somos Criaturas de Dios!—Seeing and Beholding the Garden of God by Nancy Pineda-Madrid
- Reimagining Eschatology: Toward Healing and Hope for a World at the Eschatos by Barbara Rossing
Select Bibliography
Endorsements
“We are standing at the end of the modern age, and at the beginning of the ecological future of our world if our world is to survive. Planetary Solidarity is a gateway to the green reformation of Christian theology and ethics and spirituality. In solidarity we hear the cry of the poor and the cry of the earth, and see the earth is still taking care of us. Leading feminist theologians from around the world address issues of women and climate, and climate crimes and the dying earth. This rich book is an eye-opener and a ‘must’ for theologians and ecologists.” Jurgen Moltmann, Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology at the University of Tubingen
“A magnificent choir of women’s voices rises up on behalf of a shared future: across a powerful diversity of theological feminisms, cultures, creatures, and doctrines, this energizing cantata sings its solidarity in the face of climate change and in the key of courage.” Catherine Keller, George T. Cobb Professor of Constructive Theology, Drew Theological School. Author of Cloud of the Impossible: Negative Theology and Planetary Entanglement.
“An insightful, path-breaking and timely collection of female voices on the impact of climate justice on the ways we understand and articulate the fundamental Christian beliefs. The survival not only of humanity but also of the entire planet depends on how this vision of “planetary solidarity” is put into practice. What an awesome challenge this book lays before us, believers and non-believers alike!” Dr. Peter C. Phan, The Ignacio Ellacuria , S.J. Chair of Catholic Social Thought
“An excellent, challenging, inspiring book! Anyone who thinks social justice, climate change, and Christian doctrine are separate issue will be enlightened to see how inseparable they actually are as women’s voices uncover the deep connections. Even more valuable, anyone who unthinkingly takes all three to be gender-neutral will be stimulated to realize the opposite. The approach through a gender lens lifts up insights from poor women struggling for life amid ecological damage, women politically active to protect the earth, both connected with women wrestling with the meaning of inherited Christian belief in an ecologically disintegrating world. A breathtaking contribution that cannot be ignored.” Elizabeth Johnson, Distinguished Professor of Theology, Fordham University, New York City.
“Solidarity involves more than taking a stance (like Martin Luther did) or marching for a cause (like Martin Luther King Jr did). As the editors astutely observe, it entails building stronger communities where power is shared and relationships are fostered. In the context of climate injustice such solidarity has to be planetary in scope. It is tested where powerful interests are at stake and when love grows cold. It comes as no surprise that women are taking the lead in understanding what solidarity with the victims of climate change entails. In this volume such solidarity prompts reflection – on nothing less than the deepest convictions that support Christian forms of solidarity. The varied voices included in this volume should be echoed all around the world.” Dr. Ernst M. Conradie, Senior Professor, University of the Western Cape
Climate Change is affecting all of us and especially poor women around the globe. How Christians think theologically deeply impacts the way we view climate change. With strong vision and a prophetic mission, Kim and Koster have put together an important collection of how we need to work towards Planetary Solidarity. This is a challenging and provocative book which is urgently needed.” Serene Jones, President, Union Theological Seminary
“The editors are to be congratulated on mobilising a major response both to the challenge of climate justice and to Pope Francis’ influential encyclical Laudato Si’. Importantly, they do so through an array of women theologians – including major names such as Eaton, Gebara and McFague – all of them contributing important insights from a whole range of contexts. They address the crucial point that planetary insecurity resulting from climate change falls especially heavily on women, but these reflections are important well beyond feminist and womanist circles. I expect to draw on this book very extensively in both research and teaching.” Dr. Christopher Southgate, Associate Professor in Interdisciplinary Theology, University of Exeter, UK.
Grace Ji-Sun Kim 