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The Ethics of Climate Change
Sunday, November 4th, 2007There is a forthcoming conference on “The Ethics of Climate Change” to be held in Oxford. Here is the advance reading list. Sadly I’m not going to the conference myself. It sponsored by The Tablet & The Pastoral Review
I. The Science of Climate Change & General Information
Flannery, Tim, Weather Makers (London: Penguin Books, 2007)
Maslin, [...]
A Moral Climate
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007From Prof. Michael S. Northcott, my other supervisor, comes a new book on climate change.
Here is a talk from Michael on “Clouds of Witness: Lying, Truth Telling and Climate Change”.
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Climate Change Book a Challenging Read
Sunday, July 15th, 2007Over the weekend I read Climate Change: The Challenge to All of Us by Sean McDonagh. Theological treatments of the issue of climate change are rare so I was pleased to pick this up (with 20% discount too). Unfortunately I cannot recommend this book. It was clearly put together in haste – perhaps in the [...]
The AA on more than driving
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007My friend Rob sent me this email:
Here’s a selection of quotes I’ve culled from the most recent issue of the AA’s “Advocate” magazine. It will give you a small taste of what New Zealand’s beloved automobile institution stands for on:
1. Mining in National Parks
“GNS Science has conservatively estimated that NZ has at least $86 billion [...]
Will Ferrel on George Bush on Global Warming
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Recent Reads
Friday, June 8th, 2007I finished two short books in the last few days.
Body Politics by John Howard Yoder is a brief, yet powerful study of five practices (he’d like to call them all sacraments) that the church has which have political import: baptism, Eucharist, dispute resolution, decision-making and the multiplicity of gifts. It’s good stuff and it’s easy [...]
Where is the Spirit?
Monday, May 28th, 2007I’m on the Presbyterian Church’s environmental taskforce, which has the role to address environmental issues and how the Church can respond at both the Assembly and parish levels. To contribute to that end I’m reengaging with some eco-theological literature.
First on the list is Dorothee Sölle’s To Work and To Love: A Theology of Creation. It [...]
Belief & Climate Change – Part 2
Thursday, May 24th, 2007In this part I wish to consider personal spirituality and psychology as to why people won’t believe that climate change is happening.
One interesting remark I overheard at work recently was someone saying that humans are too insignificant to cause climate change. Sure, we are only one species, but since Hiroshima there should be no [...]
Belief & Climate Change – Part 1
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007I’m doing some research into why people don’t believe that climate change is happening or that it is anthropogenic. Aside from my own subjective observations about climate and weather I necessarily reply on what others are telling me about climate changes. Invariably these sources (scientists and politicians) are mediated by the mass media, so apart [...]