Larry Rasmussen , writing about Bonhoeffer, also aptly describes what we need to respond to the climate crisis: to see through the passive, blind, denial of the dire consequences toward which we are allowing ourselves to be pulled. Resist the beginnings of compromises that dull the moral senses and take their ease in a life of cheap grace. Resist the Continue Reading
Presently reading Earth-Honoring Faith: Religious Ethics in a New Key by Larry Rasmussen, who gives a lecture on the topic here. Key quote:: If Social Justice itself is not henceforth also Creation justice, then it too will fail. via The 2014 Lazareth Lecture: Dr.LarryRasmussen – YouTube.
Liberation Theologian Leonardo Boff, on ecosystem: That is why I am extending the intuitions of liberation theology and demonstrating their validity and applicability for the questions enveloping the Earth, our bountiful mother. – Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor (Ecology & Justice) (Kindle Locations 167-168). Orbis Books. Kindle Edition. This speaks to me in my quest to express ecotheological Continue Reading
There is still time to avoid catastrophic warming but not within the rules of capitalism as they are currently constructed. From NYT review As the science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson observed, when it comes to the environment, the invisible hand never picks up the check. This is what is so hard, if not seeming impossible, to tell the people Continue Reading
The big question in my mind is whether people of faith and goodwill will rise up and successfully tame capitalism-gone-wild, or whether it will prove untamable and drive off the cliff of collapse. via Five Good Answers with Author, Speaker, and Activist Brian D. McLaren : Matt Litton. This seems to be my two overarching concerns right now (and Brian Continue Reading
Is God Green? via Moyers on America . Is God Green? | PBS. Watch it via PBS Just a bit of the problem that happens with “Bible Interpretation”. The text renders radically different responses, based on the context. Some will “filter” and create their own “CANON” of Scripture and ignore the more obvious , “inconvenient” passages that would otherwise cry Continue Reading
The “sparks” lead to two different ingnitions: The all too common right wing knee-jerk, auto-pilot echo of the political right wing’s dismissal and rage against the idea that climate change poses an existential danger to us. Then there is the igniting of the long and rich history of ecotheological depth in the Judeo-Christian tradition, and in “other” theological traditions (especially Continue Reading
Soon after the Occupy movement began, I bought the domain occupytheology.org. It was an immensely theological event for me, and continues to be, regardless of the “hibernation” it’s most “visible” elements may be experiencing. I write “visible” in quotes, because it’s visibility tends to be defined by the media. If it’s not being covered as a REAL MOVEMENT, but as Continue Reading
Go to a lot of places outside of our country and our politics, and you often find yourself where climate change is more than a “debate” as it is often described here, and see the first hand effects (one can also find those places in our country as well, and these are just some of the many “Sacrafice Zones” that Continue Reading
Scientists Say Global Warming Has Been “Hugely Underestimated” via As Casualties Mount, Scientists Say Global Warming Has Been “Hugely Underestimated”. A major study recently published in New Scientist found that “scientists may have hugely underestimated the extent of global warming because temperature readings from southern hemisphere seas were inaccurate,” and said that ACD is “worse than we thought” because it Continue Reading
Naomi Klein, the award-winning journalist and author of global best-sellers The Shock Doctrine and No Logo discusses her most provocative book yet, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate. – from the YouTube description We’ve continued on the road of more and more emissions for 25 years since we were told by scientists that this was a perilous road. There Continue Reading
Indeed postcolonial independence movements—which so often had the redistribution of unjustly concentrated resources, whether of land or minerals, as their core missions— were consistently undermined through political assassinations, foreign interference, and, more recently, the chains of debt-driven structural adjustment programs Klein, Naomi (2014-09-16). This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate (p. 454). Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition. Naomi put her Continue Reading
Seminary Farm Combines Theology and Ecology via Seminary Farm Combines Theology and Ecology – The United Methodist Church.
Russell Brand and the author Naomi Klein have called for a “revolution” that could potentially see oil giants like Exxon Mobil dismantled. Speaking to Brand as part of a podcast exclusively shared with The Huffington Post, Klein agreed with the comedian’s call for a political and economic revolution, but warned: “It’s not going to happen in the right way if Continue Reading
Sensible people know there’s no more arguing about climate change: The planet is warming due to human activity. The only important question now is whether we plan to do anything about it. It will require, among other things, a massive shift away from burning oil, gas and coal, as Naomi Klein argues in her brilliant new book, This Changes Everything. Continue Reading