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Climate Change and Original Sin

Author : Katherine Cox
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 0813949750
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (139 download)

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Book Synopsis Climate Change and Original Sin by : Katherine Cox

Download or read book Climate Change and Original Sin written by Katherine Cox and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2023-06-28 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prior to the Enlightenment era, how was the human-climate relationship conceived? Focusing on the most recent epoch in which belief in an animate environment still widely prevailed, Climate Change and Original Sin argues that an ecologically inflected moral system assumed that humanity bore responsibility for climate corruption and volatility. The environmental problem initiated by original sin is not only that humans alienated themselves from nature but also that satanic powers invaded the world and corrupted its elements—particularly the air. Milton shared with contemporaries the widespread view that storms and earthquakes represented the work of fearsome spiritual agents licensed to inflict misery on humans as penalty for sin. Katherine Cox’s work discerns in Paradise Lost an ecological fall distinct from, yet concurrent with, the human fall. In examining Milton’s evolving representations of the climate, this book also traces the gradual development of ideas about the atmosphere during the seventeenth century—a change in the intellectual climate driven by experimental activity and heralding an ecologically devastating shift in Western attitudes toward the air.

T&T Clark Handbook of Christian Theology and Climate Change

Author : Hilda P. Koster
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567675165
Total Pages : 537 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (676 download)

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Book Synopsis T&T Clark Handbook of Christian Theology and Climate Change by : Hilda P. Koster

Download or read book T&T Clark Handbook of Christian Theology and Climate Change written by Hilda P. Koster and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-12-12 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The T&T Clark Handbook of Christian Theology and Climate Change entails a wide-ranging conversation between Christian theology and various other discourses on climate change. Given the far-reaching complicity of "North Atlantic Christianity" in anthropogenic climate change, the question is whether it can still collaborate with and contribute to ongoing mitigation and adaptation efforts. The main essays in this volume are written by leading scholars from within North Atlantic Christianity and addressed primarily to readers in the same context; these essays are critically engaged by respondents situated in other geographic regions, minority communities, non-Christian traditions, or non-theological disciplines. Structured in seven main parts, the handbook explores: 1) the need for collaboration with disciplines outside of Christian theology to address climate change; 2) the need to find common moral ground for such collaboration; 3) the difficulties posed by collaborating with other Christian traditions from within; 4) the questions that emerge from such collaboration for understanding the story of God's work; and 5) God's identity and character; 6) the implications of such collaboration for ecclesial praxis; and 7) concluding reflections examining whether this volume does justice to issues of race, gender, class, other animals, religious diversity, geographical divides and carbon mitigation. This rich ecumenical, cross-cultural conversation provides a comprehensive and in-depth engagement with the theological and moral challenges raised by anthropogenic climate change.

Original Sin in the Twenty-First Century

Author : Richard J. Coleman
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666704687
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Book Synopsis Original Sin in the Twenty-First Century by : Richard J. Coleman

Download or read book Original Sin in the Twenty-First Century written by Richard J. Coleman and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-08-11 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Original Sin in the 21st Century begins with a cold, hard fact: Christians, we have a problem! No one is listening to us when we talk about original sin. That will change as you follow an exploration of original sin as an enduring truth about human nature. This book is not another exposition of either the history or the doctrine of original sin. Rather, it opens up new avenues of consideration, such as original goodness as a counterweight to original sin, a contemporary interpretation of the Adam-Eve narrative, the new relevancy of Reinhold Niebuhr's recognition that we are not as good as our ideals, and a soul-searching inquiry into whether original sin is too dark or perhaps not dark enough. The twenty-first century is far more than a backdrop. This book invites us to rethink what sin looks like when the world warms, when AI is created in our own image, and when sin thrives on indifference and willful ignorance. The author will quickly convince you this century is both an opportunity and an imperative to rethink original sin for what lies ahead.

Climate Change and the Symbol Deficit in the Christian Tradition

Author : Jan-Olav Henriksen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567705005
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (677 download)

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Book Synopsis Climate Change and the Symbol Deficit in the Christian Tradition by : Jan-Olav Henriksen

Download or read book Climate Change and the Symbol Deficit in the Christian Tradition written by Jan-Olav Henriksen and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-02-24 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring how the climate crisis discloses the symbol deficit in the Christian tradition, this book argues that Christianity is rich in symbols that identify and address the failures of humans and the obstacles that prevent humans from doing well, while positive symbols that can engage people in constructive action seem underdeveloped. Henriksen examines the potential of the Christian tradition to develop symbols that can engage peoples in committed and sustained action to prevent further crisis. To do so, he argues that we need symbols that engage both intellectually and emotionally, and which enhance our perception of belonging in relationships with other humans, be it both in the present and in the future. According to Henriksen, the deficit can only be obliterated if we can develop symbols that have some root or resonance in the Christian tradition, provide concrete and specified guidance of agency, engage people both emotionally and intellectually, and finally open up to visions for a moral agency that provide positive motivations for caring about environmental conditions as a whole.

Christianity in a Time of Climate Change

Author : Kristen Poole
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725257157
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Book Synopsis Christianity in a Time of Climate Change by : Kristen Poole

Download or read book Christianity in a Time of Climate Change written by Kristen Poole and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-04-17 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does climate change have to do with religion and spirituality? Even though a changing environment will have a dire impact on human populations--affecting everything from food supply to health to housing--the vast majority of Americans do not consider climate change a moral or a religious issue. Yet the damage of climate change, a phenomenon to which we all contribute through our collective carbon emissions, presents an unprecedented ethical problem, one that touches a foundational moral principle of Christianity: Jesus's dictate to love the neighbor. This care for the neighbor stretches across time as well as space. We are called to care for the neighbors of the future as well as those of the present. How can we connect the ethical considerations of climate change--the knowledge that our actions directly or indirectly cause harm to others--to our individual and collective spiritual practice? Christianity in a Time of Climate Change offers a series of reflective essays that consider the Christian ethics of climate change and suggest ways to fold the neighbors of the future into our spiritual lives as an impetus to meaningful personal, social, and ultimately environmental transformations.

Reflecting on our Changing Climate, from Fear to Facts

Author : Constantin Cranganu
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1036400344
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (364 download)

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Book Synopsis Reflecting on our Changing Climate, from Fear to Facts by : Constantin Cranganu

Download or read book Reflecting on our Changing Climate, from Fear to Facts written by Constantin Cranganu and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-07 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains reflections about climate change - an intrinsic reality of our planet’s history over the past 4.6 billion years – including both natural and anthropogenic variations. More recently, the phrase “climate change” has become a euphemism for “carbon dioxide emissions”. While focusing on CO2 emissions is crucial for understanding climate change, solely using this term in scientific discussions may lead to overlooking other complex factors contributing, among other things, to extreme weather events, potentially affecting the quality of evidence analysis. The shift towards using “climate change” interchangeably with “carbon dioxide emissions” within scientific circles, while highlighting a key driver, necessitates ensuring comprehensive discussions that encompass the diverse evidence related to all climate sub-systems. Therefore, using the phrase like a changing climate opens a bigger umbrella that facilitates covering multiple and complex climate manifestations. The book will be useful to students, researchers and policy makers working and studying in the vast and often contentious landscape of climate change debates.

Text-Based Research and Teaching

Author : Peter Mickan
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137598492
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Book Synopsis Text-Based Research and Teaching by : Peter Mickan

Download or read book Text-Based Research and Teaching written by Peter Mickan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-26 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributions in this book illustrate the many methods available for researching language in context and for the analysis of everyday text types. Each chapter highlights language as a resource for the expression of meanings—a social semiotic resource. Text analysis is used to reveal our capacity to formulate multiple meanings for participation in different social practices—in relationships, in work, in education and in leisure. The approach is applied in text-based teaching and in the critical analysis of public discourses. The texts come from different social spheres including banking, language classes, senate hearings, national tests and textbooks, and interior architecture. Text-based research makes a major contribution to Critical Discourse Analysis. The editors and authors of this book demonstrate the value of text analysis for awareness of the role of language for accountable citizenship and for teaching and learning. This book will be of interest to anyone researching in the fields of language learning and teaching, functional linguistics, multimodality, social semiotics, systemic functional linguistics, text-based teaching, and genre analysis, as well as literacy teachers and undergraduate and postgraduate students of linguistics, media and education.

Polis, Nation, Global Community

Author : Ann Ward
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000425800
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Polis, Nation, Global Community written by Ann Ward and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-08-12 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the basic tenets of nation, nationalism and citizenship. It explores the relevance of the nation-state to human freedom and flourishing, as well as the concept of citizenship that it implies, in contrast to that of the ancient polis and the "global community." The volume focusses on the shifting notions of various political concepts over time to present a systematic understanding of core concepts such as polis, nation and state from antiquity to the present. It includes contributions that analyze ancient and modern thought, and sections that address postmodern and contemporary thinkers, including Aristotle, Cicero, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Tocqueville, Nietzsche, Arendt, Weil, Grant and Manent. A comprehensive handbook to introductory politics, this book will be invaluable to students and teachers of political science, especially political theory, political philosophy, democracy, political participation and international relations theory.

Spiritual Life on a Burning Planet

Author : David T. Bradford
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725282135
Total Pages : 71 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Book Synopsis Spiritual Life on a Burning Planet by : David T. Bradford

Download or read book Spiritual Life on a Burning Planet written by David T. Bradford and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-10-09 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spiritual Life on a Burning Planet draws on scientific research in developing religious perspectives on anthropogenic climate change. Its four chapters are entitled "Tolling Bells," "Burning Planet," "Eschatology in the Anthropocene," and "The Downward Passage." "Tolling Bells" introduces the topic of climate change and several of its emotional and biblical implications. "Burning Planet" provides an overview of the science of climate change and surveys the effects of global warming on human life later this century. The essays in "Eschatology in the Anthropocene" develop theological interpretations of climate change and examine its moral, spiritual, social, and psychological dimensions. "The Downward Passage" focuses on Christ's descent, the harrowing of hell, understood as a point of doctrine and an exemplary image of forthcoming challenges as we advance more deeply into the Anthropocene. A spiritual path suited to the Anthropocene is outlined. Its watchword is penthos, a traditional practice with sufficient power to convey a person through the grief and mourning that represent a true grasp of our having forced the earth into a new geological epoch.

Systematic Theology and Climate Change

Author : Michael S. Northcott
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317667751
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Book Synopsis Systematic Theology and Climate Change by : Michael S. Northcott

Download or read book Systematic Theology and Climate Change written by Michael S. Northcott and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers the first comprehensive systematic theological reflection on arguably the most serious issue facing humanity and other creatures today. Responding to climate change is often left to scientists, policy makers and activists, but what understanding does theology have to offer? In this collection, the authors demonstrate that there is vital cultural and intellectual work for theologians to perform in responding to climate science and in commending a habitable way forward. Written from a range of denominations and traditions yet with ecumenical intent, the authors explore key Christian doctrines and engage with some of the profound issues raised by climate change. Key questions considered include: What may be said about the goodness of creation in the face of anthropogenic climate change? And how does theology handle a projected future without the human? The volume provides students and scholars with fascinating theological insight into the complexity of climate change.

The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate

Author : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009178466
Total Pages : 1807 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate by : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Download or read book The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate written by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-19 with total page 1807 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for assessing the science related to climate change. It provides policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of human-induced climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation. This IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate is the most comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the observed and projected changes to the ocean and cryosphere and their associated impacts and risks, with a focus on resilience, risk management response options, and adaptation measures, considering both their potential and limitations. It brings together knowledge on physical and biogeochemical changes, the interplay with ecosystem changes, and the implications for human communities. It serves policymakers, decision makers, stakeholders, and all interested parties with unbiased, up-to-date, policy-relevant information. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Climate Impacts on Extreme Weather

Author : Victor Ongoma
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0323904203
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (239 download)

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Download or read book Climate Impacts on Extreme Weather written by Victor Ongoma and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2022-06-10 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate Impacts on Extreme Weather: Current to Future Changes on a Local to Global Scale presents fundamentals and advances in the science of weather and climate extremes, building on the existing knowledge by using regional and global case studies. The book provides an analysis of historical and future changes, physical processes, measurements, space-time variability, socioeconomic impact, and risk management. It provides policy makers, researchers and students working in climate change with a thorough reference for understanding the diverse impacts of extreme weather and climate change on varying geographic scales. With contributions from experts across the globe, the book utilizes methods, case studies, modeling, and analysis to present valuable, up-to-date knowledge about the interaction of climate change, weather and the many implications of the changing environment. Offers comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of climate research related to extremes Includes both regional and global case studies for applying research to practice, providing a deeper understanding of the science Presents both observed and projected findings using primary research and models

Christians, the Care of Creation, and Global Climate Change

Author : Lindy Scott
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 155635844X
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (563 download)

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Book Synopsis Christians, the Care of Creation, and Global Climate Change by : Lindy Scott

Download or read book Christians, the Care of Creation, and Global Climate Change written by Lindy Scott and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christians, the Care of Creation, and Global Climate Change is a wake-up call for Christians and others. It is a cogent and persuasive call to love God and our neighbors by caring for creation--especially in light of the dramatic climate changes occurring before our eyes. This book is not the final word on the subject, but it is a sincere invitation to examine the scientific evidence for global warming and to respond with individual and collective faithful actions. CONTRIBUTORS: Douglas Allen, Jeffrey K. Greenberg, P. J. Hill, Sir John T. Houghton, A. Duane Litfin, Ben Lowe, Vincent E. Morris, L. Kristen Page, Lindy Scott, Noah J. Toly

The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society

Author : John S. Dryzek
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191618578
Total Pages : 742 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society by : John S. Dryzek

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society written by John S. Dryzek and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011-08-18 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change presents perhaps the most profound challenge ever confronted by human society. This volume is a definitive analysis drawing on the best thinking on questions of how climate change affects human systems, and how societies can, do, and should respond. Key topics covered include the history of the issues, social and political reception of climate science, the denial of that science by individuals and organized interests, the nature of the social disruptions caused by climate change, the economics of those disruptions and possible responses to them, questions of human security and social justice, obligations to future generations, policy instruments for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and governance at local, regional, national, international, and global levels.

The Science of Climate Change

Author : M. R. Islam
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119522838
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book The Science of Climate Change written by M. R. Islam and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-04-19 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has long been recognized that science is the pursuit of knowledge, knowledge is power, and power is political. However, the fantasy of science being apolitical is a hallmark legacy of the enlightenment era, an era that romanticized pursuit of knowledge, disconnected from the baggage of power, politics, and dogmatic assertions. Yet, while the age of information has exponentially increased our access to knowledge, we can see, as clearly as ever, that scientific knowledge is neither apolitical nor dogma-free, and it certainly is not disconnected from power. It is hard to imagine another era when the separation between science and politics has been this blurred as it is today. At the same time, it is true that no other topic than climate change has been so politically charged, with one side dominating the scientific narration and branding anyone opposing the mainstream as a “climate change denier,” and the other standing in staunch defiance that climate change exists. In an age of political and scientific turmoil, how can we navigate out way to coming towards a more objective understanding of the scientific issues surrounding the climate change debate? This book presents the current debate of climate change as scientifically futile, on both sides of the scientific, and often, political, spectrum. The climate change debate has become like obesity, cancer, diabetes or opioid addiction, which is to say that the debate should not be if these maladies exist, but rather, what causes them. Instead of looking for the cause and making adjustments to remove those causes from our lifestyle, a combination of the capitalist drive towards mass production and a lack of identifying the roots of the problems, new solutions, or substitutes, have been proposed as “quick fixes” to the problems. This book identifies the root causes of climate change and shows that climate change is real and it is also preventable, but that it can be reversed only if we stop introducing pollutants in the ensuing greenhouse gases. The book brings back common sense and grounds scientists to the fundamentals of heat and mass transfer, while at the same time disconnecting politicking and hysteria from true scientific analysis of the phenomenon of global climate.

The Ethics of Climate Change

Author : James Garvey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1441133631
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book The Ethics of Climate Change written by James Garvey and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2008-01-21 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Open this book and James Garvey is right there making real sense to you... in a necessary conversation, capturing you to the very end."-Ted Honderich, Grote Professor Emeritus of The Philosophy of Mind & Logic, University College London, UK. James Garvey argues that the ultimate rationale for action on climate change cannot be simply economic, political, scientific or social, though our decisions should be informed by such things. Instead, climate change is largely a moral problem. What we should do about it depends on what matters to us and what we think is right. This book is an introduction to the ethics of climate change. It considers a little climate science and a lot of moral philosophy, ultimately finding a way into the many possible positions associated with climate change. It is also a call for action, for doing something about the moral demands placed on both governments and individuals by the fact of climate change. This is a book about choices, responsibility, and where the moral weight falls on our warming world.

Global Warning. An ethnography of the encounter between global and local

Author : de Wit, Sara
Publisher : Langaa RPCIG
ISBN 13 : 995679211X
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (567 download)

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Book Synopsis Global Warning. An ethnography of the encounter between global and local by : de Wit, Sara

Download or read book Global Warning. An ethnography of the encounter between global and local written by de Wit, Sara and published by Langaa RPCIG. This book was released on 2015-04-26 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving beyond existing approaches that largely deal with the biophysical consequences of climate change realities in Africa, this book explores an alternative perspective that traces climate change as a travelling idea. It focuses on how globally constructed discourses on climate change find their way to the local level in the Bamenda Grassfields of Cameroon, thereby seeking to understand how these discursive practices lead to social transformations, and to new configurations of power. In the translation process from the 'global' to the 'local' level a continuous modification and appropriation of the idea of climate change takes place that finally leads to a concrete implementation of climate change related projects and sensitization campaigns. Hence, it is argued that in this increasingly interconnected and mediated world people in Africa (and elsewhere in the world) do not solely adapt to a changing climate, but also adapt to a changing discourse about the climate. Travelling between traditional rulers and their palaces, to the world of NGOs, journalists and ordinary farmers this study brings the reader on a captivating journey, that reveals how climate change engages in a variety of ways with different lifeworlds, revitalizes local cosmologies, gives birth to a new development paradigm, and moreover how it evokes apocalyptic anxieties and trajectories of blame at the grassroots level.