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Category: environment

My bargains with climate grief

There’s a distinct nausea which is becoming a more frequent occurrence when I see a headline on climate change. I … More

climate change, climate grief, eco-anxiety, future, hope, prophetic

Offsets are not a solution

For some time now, I’ve been uneasy about offsetting, but unable to fully articulate why. I suspect this is an … More

climate justice, offsets

Place.

Incarnation is a hope which is not escapist. I wonder how much of our hope winds up in forms of … More

community, creation, hope, incarnation, place, resilience

“F*** that S***”

This week I watched a webinar organised by the Asian Theological Academy (ATA) and the Asian Forum of Theological Movements, … More

anger, climate breakdown, climate change, climate crisis, climate justice, injustice, outrage, Tuvalu

Where there is no vision

Where there is no vision, the people perish. This proverb was quoted by Claire Perry, the ex-COP President fired at … More

climate breakdown, climate change, climate crisis, climate justice, dreams, peace, reconcilation, violence, vision

Global Apartheid and the era of climate breakdown

Warning: currently only in draft form, suggested revisions welcome. Not long ago, I read an article which suggested target-setting for … More

climate breakdown, climate change, climate justice, global apartheid, global justice, global poor, global warming, justice, poverty

Should Christians support ‘free market’ capitalism?

The financial crash of 2008 hit as I began secondary school, and I grew up under the policies of austerity … More

capitalism, climate change, climate justice, creation theology, economic justice, environment, environmental theology, exploitation, externalities, extractivism, market failure, markets, neoliberalism, Pareto optimality, speculation

Fighting Climate Change is Part of the Gospel

Continued from the previous post, the focus here is the theological implications of creation’s place in the Biblical Narrative. What does the gospel have to say about the recent IPCC report?

2018, climate change, environment, future, gospel, jesus, justice, kingdom, poverty, redemption, social justice, tension

Creation and the Biblical Narrative

In this post, I start from the very beginning. If you are familiar with the concepts of Creation-Fall-Redemption, then this … More

2018, biblical narrative, biblical overview, brokenness, climate change, creation, environment, environmental theology, Genesis, global justice, global warming, justice, redemption, trinity

I’ve read the IPCC Global Warming Report so you don’t have to

Today there was some big news as the IPCC Global Warming Special Report 2018 landed. What is it? The 2018 … More

earth, environment, global justice, global poor, global warming, ipcc report

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