Faith in action
Knit for Climate Action
Come together with knitters from across Australia and mix your craft skills with your enthusiasm for climate justice.
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Common Grace's special five-part Season of Creation Bible Study Series helps lead your church, faith community, or small group through a series reflecting on Creation and Climate justice. Studies include a focus on our duty of care to God’s beautiful creation; knowing our place as part of God’s creation; reflecting on the connection of faithfulness and the land; God’s promise of redemption to creation; and God’s will to redeem all creation. Find out more and sign up to receive this free resource here.
ONLINE ARTICLES
Laudato si’: On Caring for Our Common Home, Pope Francis 2015
A theologically and scripturally rich account of ecological discipleship from the current Pope.
Waking Up to a Warming World: Prospects for Christian Ethical Deliberation amidst Climate Fears, Byron Smith 2017
PhD thesis exploring how our emotional responses to climate disruption intersect with Christian identity. Available online.
The Theology of Climate Change, Dr Byron Smith, three part series originally published in Eternity News 2013
Part One: The Theology of Climate Change
Part Two: Why the Church is Part of the Problem
Part Three: The Virtue of Scepticism
BOOKS
A Climate of Hope, Mick Pope and Claire Dawson, 2014
“Climate change is one of the most pressing moral issues of our time, and at the same time one of the most divisive. Australian authors, Claire Dawson and Mick Pope examine climate change from a Christian perspective, arguing that the science is well founded, and that Christianity is well placed to deal with the issue.”
A Climate of Justice, Mick Pope, 2017
Dr. Mick Pope examines justice issues through the lens of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, as well as within the context of climate change. Reflecting on the role climate change plays in addressing key issues of justice that currently concern Christians such as the refugee crises and asylum seekers as well as Aboriginal and Torres Strait justice.
Bible and Ecology: Rediscovering the Community of Creation, Richard Bauckham 2010
Exegetical grounding for ecological responsibility from a leading UK theologian and biblical scholar.
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