Religious Inspirations

Browse articles and think-pieces, including contributions from our supporters, about global warming drawing on the fields of theology, philosophy and psychology.

Climate and Creation: A Theology of Caring for the Planet

This paper looks at the Biblical narrative and the case it makes for taking care of God's creation - and by extension, taking action on climate change. It is intended for use by clergy, teachers, Bible study leaders and anyone else who will find such a resource useful.

Thought for the day, 15 May 2008 by Dr Elaine Storkey (BBC Radio 4)

Christian academic and broadcaster Dr Elaine Storkey discusses the need to embrace the economics of contraction and follow Jesus' model of thrift. The era of profligate expenditure and waste are over.

God's Dust and Breath

The significance--and ultimately the quality--of the work we do is determined by our understanding of the story in which we are taking part. Excepted from Wendell Berry's essay "Christianity and the Survival of Creation".

Medicine that the Earth needs

Operation Noah board member Ruth Jarman gave this address at Operation Noah's General Meeting on the 10th of May in Oxford. In it, she challenged Operation Noah, as a Christian climate change campaign, to demand what is just in light of Biblical principles, not what may seem politically possible.

Iftikhar Awan: a Muslim perspective on Climate Change and Creation Care

What does Islam have to say about taking care of Creation? Quite a lot, according the Iftikhar Awan of the Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Sciences and the Altrincham Interfaith Forum, in a talk he gave at the Operation Now event in Bolton (19 April). "Khalifa or the role of guardianship is the sacred duty Allah has imposed upon the human race," says Awan. "We are a lot more than 'friends of the earth' - we are its guardians."

The Theology of Enough (extract from the Omega Climate Change course)

In 1975 John Taylor, then newly appointed Bishop of Winchester, published Enough is Enough, a critique of the rich world's extravagant lifestyle. His previous job was General Secretary of the Church Missionary Society so he was well acquainted with the developing world...

Planetwise: Dare to Care for Love's world (extract from Dave Bookless's newly published book)

Since the day God challenged him, Dave Bookless has been on a mission: to share with others the compelling biblical case for caring for the planet God made for his glory and his people's enjoyment. This is not another book on green issues to make you feel guilty. The message is that there is hope. God can take your small and insignificant efforts and multiply them in his great plan. Dave Bookless is UK Director of A Rocha.

Mark Dowd's talk to MPs and members of the House of Lords on Ash Wednesday (6 Feb 2008)

CAFOD, who have very kindly asked me to come here and address you today, inform me that this Ash Wednesday event of spiritual reflection, is normally given over to a member of the clergy...

Some biblical reflections on the Noah story, the creation, care for the Earth and social justice

Some biblical reflections on Psalm 24 ("The earth is the Lord's and all that is in it"), the two creation stories in Genesis (chapter 1 and 2), the Noah story (Genesis 6), Nehemiah chapter 5 and Deuteronomy chapter 26. By bishop John Davies.

Thought for the Day, 18 October 2007, by Dr Mona Siddiqui (BBC Radio 4)

Dr Mona Siddiqui, Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Glasgow, explains why the fact that the UK may claim some territory in the Antarctic is controversial. She explains that in the Qur'an the relationship between God, man and the earth's resources is a complex covenant and that for some people, "the recent tsunamis, floods and hurricanes are signs that nature has already raised its voice".

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