Climate Church, Climate World: How People of Faith Must Work for Change by Jim A

Description: Climate Church, Climate World by Jim Antal, Bill McKibben Climate Church, Climate World contends that climate change is the greatest moral challenge humanity has ever faced. This revised and updated edition includes a new chapter on political and policy shifts in recent years; the influence of Greta Thunberg and climate change activi... FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Climate Church, Climate World, originally published in 2018, contends that climate change is the greatest moral challenge humanity has ever faced. Hunger, refugees, poverty, inequality, deadly viruses, war—climate change multiplies all forms of global social injustice. Environmental advocate Rev. Jim Antal calls on the church to meet this moral challenge, to embrace a new vocation so that future generations might live in harmony with Gods creation. After illuminating how human beings are responsible for the dangers our planet now faces, Antal proposes how people of faith can embrace new approaches to worship, preaching, witnessing, and other spiritual practices that honor creation and cultivate hope. This revised and updated edition includes a new chapter on political and policy shifts under the Trump and Biden administrations; influence of Greta Thunberg and climate change activists; and updated information on the current science of climate change. Includes a foreword by environmental advocate Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature. Author Biography Jim Antal is a denominational leader, activist, and public theologian. He serves as the national spokesperson on climate change for the United Church of Christ. Yale Divinity School recently honored Antal with the William Sloane Coffin Award for Peace and Justice, in recognition of his lifelong advocacy for nuclear disarmament, racial justice, Middle East Peace, and climate change activism. Table of Contents ForewordBy Bill McKibbenPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionThe Earth Is the Lords, Not Ours to Wreck: Imperatives for a New Moral EraQuestions for Group Discussion and Further Reflection1 The Situation in Which We Find OurselvesWhat Have We Done?Taking Responsibility—The AnthropoceneHow Long Have We Known?Are We Paying Attention?Whats at Stake? How Urgent Is the Crisis?Are We Choosing Extinction?Were All In This TogetherWe Already Have Everything We NeedForward MomentumQuestions for Group Discussion and Further Reflection2 A Loving God for a Broken WorldFinding God in a Broken WorldShould We Try to Keep Our Hearts from Breaking?Gratitude for a God of LoveHow Do We Remain Faithful?Julian Bonds Testimony in HandcuffsThe Mine and the Snow Geese—A Story for Our TimeThe Story of the Mine and the Snow Geese: A PostscriptQuestions for Group Discussion and Further ReflectionInterlude: If We Fail to Heed Our CallingA Letter from a Pastor to Her Congregation on the Occasion of the Closing of the Church on Ash Wednesday 2070Questions for Group Discussion and Further Reflection3 The Churchs Vocation TodayWhats Church For?Historys Lessons for an Unprecedented TimeWith God, There Are No ExternalitiesGod Calls Communities, Not Just Individuals…We All Live at the Same AddressOur Covenant With God: For All Time—With All CreaturesGolden Rule 2.0Our Childrens TrustConfronting the End of ContinuityA Kairos Moment—Time for a Moral InterventionQuestions for Group Discussion and Further Reflection4 The Marks of the Church in a Climate Crisis WorldOur Role as Keepers of ContinuityBuilding Resilient CommunitiesIts Not Just About Me: From Personal to Communal SalvationStep 1: Confess Complicity; Step 2: Change the SystemEmbracing Spiritual Progress in Place of Material ProgressSacrifice and Sharing as Guiding VirtuesEmbracing Moral InterdependenceGlobal Warming Intensifies All Forms of InjusticeConfront the Powers and PrincipalitiesSharing Our Fears and Hopes: Empowering ActionTruth and Reconciliation Conversations in Every House of WorshipCivil Disobedience—the Church Acts on Its ConscienceA Repurposed Church for a New Moral EraAffirming these Marks of the Church in a CovenantQuestions for Group Discussion and Further Reflection5 Discipleship: Reorienting What We PrizeResilience in Place of GrowthCollaboration in Place of ConsumptionWisdom in Place of ProgressBalance in Place of AddictionModeration in Place of ExcessVision in Place of ConvenienceAccountability in Place of DisregardSelf-Giving Love in Place of Self-Centered FearCivil Disobedience and DiscipleshipQuestions for Group Discussion and Further Reflection6 Worship as a Pathway to FreedomHow Much Is Enough? Climate Talk in ChurchThe First Announcement at Every Church ServiceInvite Weekly TestimoniesTransform Familiar Liturgies and Create New OnesOrganize and Host a Climate RevivalWorship that Includes All CreaturesOrdination Vows and New Life in the AnthropoceneIf Earth Were a Sacrament, How Would We Treat It?Undomesticating WorshipTaking Liturgy to the Street, the Pipeline, and the TracksConclusionQuestions for Group Discussion and Further Reflection7 Prophetic Preaching: Freeing the Pulpit from FearCalled to Preach on Climate ChangeWhy Preaching on Climate Change MattersThe Church Was Born for ThisPastors Must Prepare Their HeartsCultivating Courage—"Be Not Afraid"Offer Hope—We Are Called to Change the StoryThe Theological Foundation for Preaching on Climate ChangePreaching on Climate Change— Ten ConsiderationsQuestions for Group Discussion and Further Reflection8 Witnessing Together: Communal Action Can Free Us from FearNot the Vocation I Started WithWhat Is Witnessing?Making Civil Disobedience a Normative Expression of Christian DiscipleshipDriven by Love and Gratitude with Fear as a CatalystDivestment: Revoking the Social License to Wreck CreationA New Take on Fiduciary AccountabilityA Global Commons—End the Ownership of NatureBuilding the Kingdom of God: Society Based on "The Common Good"Questions for Group Discussion and Further Reflection9 Trump, Biden, Greta—Years of Upheaval, 2018-2022Finally—A Climate Bill (by another name) PassesWhat Made Congress Act on Climate?Truth Forever on the ScaffoldA New Moral Era—Yes! But Which One?Nature Cannot Be DeceivedCongregations Responding to Covid and ClimateWere Paying More Attention to the Climate CrisisThe Green New Deal—Aspiration Amidst UpheavalYouth Cannot Be IgnoredImagine If…Whats a Climate Church?Our Generation Has a Vocation—Were ALL In This TogetherQuestions for Group Discussion and Further Reflection10 Living Hope-Filled Lives in a Climate Crisis WorldNot Optimism . . . But HopeFacing Reality—A Precondition of HopeExpressing Grief—A Precondition of HopeAcknowledging the Existential Threat of Climate ChangeThe Conviction of Things Not SeeableThe Conviction of Things Not Seen—Telling a New Story of HopeLiving a New Story of HopeSpiritual Practices for Cultivating HopeQuestions for Group Discussion and Further ReflectionEpilogueImagine: A Message to the Church—Presented by a Teenager in 2100Questions for Group Discussion and Further ReflectionAppendixPreaching Suggestions for a Climate Crisis WorldFurther ReadingNotesIndexAbout the Author Details ISBN1538178907 Author Bill McKibben Short Title Climate Church, Climate World Pages 248 Language English Year 2023 ISBN-10 1538178907 ISBN-13 9781538178904 Format Paperback Subtitle How People of Faith Must Work for Change DEWEY 261.88 Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Place of Publication Lanham, MD Country of Publication United States NZ Release Date 2023-03-23 US Release Date 2023-03-23 UK Release Date 2023-03-23 Publisher Rowman & Littlefield Edition Description Revised and Updated Edition Publication Date 2023-03-23 Alternative 9781538110690 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2023-03-22 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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