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

Climate Church, Climate World Argues 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 Leader Reverend Jim Antal Presents A Compelling Case That It's Time For The Church To Meet This Moral Challenge, Just As The Church Addressed Previous Moral Challenges. Antal Calls For The Church To Embrace A New Vocation So That Future Generations Might Live In Harmony With God's Creation. After Describing How We Have Created The Dangers Our Planet Now Faces, Antal Urges The Church To Embrace A New Vocation, One Focused On Collective Salvation And An Expanded Understanding Of The Golden Rule (golden Rule 2.0). He Suggests Ways People Of Faith Can Reorient What They Prize Through New Approaches To Worship, Preaching, Witnessing And Other Spiritual Practices That Honor Creation And Cultivate Hope. -- Provided By Publisher. Introduction -- The Situation In Which We Find Ourselves -- A Loving God For A Broken World -- Interlude: If We Fail To Heed Our Calling --the Church's Vocation Today -- The Marks Of The Church In A Climate Crisis World -- Discipleship: Reorienting What We Prize -- Worship As A Pathway To Freedom -- Prophetic Preaching: Freeing The Pulpit From Fear -- Witnessing Together: Communal Action Can Free Us From Fear -- Living Hope-filled Lives In A Climate Crisis World -- Epilogue: Imagine: A Message To The Church - Presented By A Teenager In 2100. Jim Antal. An Alban Institute Book. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Climate Church, Climate World argues that climate change is the greatest moral challenge humanity has ever faced; it multiplies all forms of global social injustice: hunger, refugees, poverty, inequality, deadly viruses, war. Environmental leader Reverend Jim Antal presents a compelling case that it's time for the church to meet this moral challenge, just as the church addressed previous moral challenges. He calls for the church to embrace a new vocation so that future generations might live in harmony with God's creation. After describing how we have created the dangers our planet now faces, Antal urges the church to embrace a new vocation, one focused on collective salvation and an expanded understanding of the Golden Rule (Golden Rule 2.0). He suggests ways people of faith can reorient what they prize through new approaches to worship, preaching, witnessing, and other spiritual practices that honor creation and cultivate hope. Climate Church, Climate World 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 God's 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. Climate Church, Climate World argues that climate change is the greatest moral challenge humanity has ever faced as it magnifies all forms of global social injustice. Jim Antal argues that it's time for the church to meet this moral challenge and suggests ways people of faith can reorient what they prize through new approaches to worship, preaching, and other spiritual practices that honor creation and cultivate hope Climate Church, Climate World argues that climate change is the greatest moral challenge humanity has ever faced. Reverend Jim Antal argues that it's time for the church to meet this moral challenge and suggests ways people of faith can reorient what they value through new approaches to worship, preaching, and other spiritual practices.