Words for a Dying World

Description

How do we talk about climate grief in the church? And when we have found the words, what do we do with that grief?
There is a sudden and dramatic rise in people experiencing a profound sense of anxiety in the face of our dying planet, and a consequent need for churches to be better resourced pastorally and theologically to deal with this threat.
Words for a Dying World brings together voices from across the world - from the Pacific islands to the pipelines of Canada, from farming communities in Namibia to activism in the UK.
Author royalties from the sale of this book are split evenly between contributors. The majority will be pooled as a donation to ClientEarth. The remainder will directly support the communities represented in this collection.
Contributors include Anderson Jeremiah, Azariah France-Williams, David Benjamin Blower, Holly-Anna Petersen, Isabel Mukonyora, Jione Havea, and Maggi Dawn.

Sujets

• Christian Theology
• Philosophie et théologie
• Theology
• Religion

Informations

• Publié par: Hymns Ancient & Modern
• Date de parution: 07 décembre 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780334059882
• Langue: English

Extrait

Words for a Dying World
Stories of Grief and Courage from the Global Church
Edited by Hannah Malcolm






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Contents
Contributors
Preface
Introduction: The End of the World?
Hannah Malcolm
Part 1: As It Was Then
1. Overdue
Julia Kendal
2. Eve as Everywoman: Climate Grief as Global Solidarity
Grace Thomas
3. Ko Au te Whenua, Ko te Whenua Ko Au: I am the Land and the Land is Me
Christopher Douglas-Huriwai
4. Johane Masowe: An African Man of Sorrows
Isabel Mukonyora
5. My Grandma’s Oil Well
Kyle B. T. Lambelet
6. This Stone will be a Witness against Us
Jon Seals
7. When Man and Woman were Soil: A Latin American Decolonial and Intercultural Perspective on Creation, Spirituality and Environment Grief
María Alejandra Andrade Vinueza
8. Failing Mandela
Peter Fox and Miles Giljam
9. Learning from Irular Laments
Bharadhydasan Kannan
10. The Edge of the World
Caleb Gordon
11. Endings
Azariah France-Williams
Part 2: As It Is Now
12. Soil
Emma Lietz Bilecky
13. Farming Grief and Hope
Anderson Jeremiah
14. Selling Our Souls: How a Scientist Learnt to Lament
Tim Middleton
15. Lament for the Chimanimani Community in Zimbabwe in the Aftermath of Cyclone Idai
Sophia Chirongoma
16. Vida Abundante
Pilar Vicentelo Euribe
17. Grief
Debo Oluwatuminu
18. Water of Life in South Korea
Seoyoung Kim
19. Tears of the Natives: (Is)lands and (Be)longings
Jione Havea
20. The Hills are Alight
Dianne Rayson
21. Climate Grief – Climate Guilt
Hugh Jones
22. Grief in a Silent Sea
Tim Gordon
23. Grieving the Land in Northern Namibia
Nangula Eva-Liisa Kathindi
24. Colour
Azariah France-Williams
Part 3: As It Will Be
25. The Sea and the Poor in the Indonesian Archipelago
Elia Maggang
26. The Knotted Conscience of Privilege
David Benjamin Blower
27. Reconciliation: Lament and Hope
Victoria Marie
28. Strange Futures
Oana Marian
29. Ritualizing Grief
Panu Pihkala
30. The Earth is the Lord’s: Finding a Way to Worship in Times of Despair
Maggi Dawn
31. The Wrath of God
Archuna Ananthamohan
32. Faithful, Not Successful
Holly-Anna Peterson
33. Becoming Grievable in Appalachia: Climate Trauma and Palliative Care
Debra Murphy
34. The Sinking of the Island
Anupama Ranawana
35. Tree
Azariah France-Williams

Conclusion: World Without End?
Hannah Malcolm

A Benediction
Maggi Dawn

Acknowledgements
Acknowledgement of Scripture Quotations




This book is dedicated to
the people
the creatures
the earth
we have already sacrificed.

They were beloved too.





The majority of author royalties for this collection are split evenly between contributors. Half of those royalties have been pooled as a donation to Client Earth, who work globally to defend the rights of people and planet. The other royalties are directly supporting the contributors and communities represented here.




Contributors
Anderson Jeremiah
The Revd Dr Anderson H. M. Jeremiah is Lecturer of World Christianity and Religious Studies in the department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University, UK. He is an Anglican theologian and priest from the Church of South India (an Anglican province). He currently serves the Church of England in the Diocese of Blackburn, Lancashire. Anderson is an elected member of the General Synod. His research interests and publications lie in the lived facet of world Christianity and its theological and missional engagement with other faith communities and the wider society. Anderson is also deeply passionate about social justice as a gospel imperative and is currently involved in a number of interreligious and peace initiatives. Alongside being an expert in South Asian and West African Christianity, he is also conducting research on diverse ethnic and racial make-up and its implications for Christianity in Britain. Anderson has published widely in the areas of contextual theology, post-colonial theology, mission and ecumenical studies, and culture and Christianity.
Anupama Ranawana
Anupama Ranawana is a writer and theologian based in Oxford. Her work focuses primarily on feminist religious thought and decolonial and critical race theory approaches to religion and global politics.
Archuna Ananthamohan
Archuna Ananthamohan is a young poet, writer and film-maker. As a mental health campaigner, he frequently speaks at schools and other venues to raise awareness. He is the founder of ItMatters, a non-profit movement that explores mental health using the creative medium. Coming from a Hindu family but growing up in a Christian environment, faith has always played a pivotal role in his life. Archuna believes that Christ continues to inspire his poetry and writing, which he explores using Instagram. His mantra is ‘to think critically, love radically; the Truth will set you free!’
Azariah France-Williams
Fr Azariah is a priest, poet and prophet, and ministers in the Diocese of Manchester. He is the author of Ghost Ship: Institutional Racism and the Church of England . Fr Azariah is really from Leeds in West Yorkshire. His accent has faded but there is a northern spirit at play. His parents were part of the Windrush generation, so as well as northern grit Fr Azariah has some sunshine in his heritage. As a dyslexic he sees the world a little differently to many and enjoys the power of words to animate and illuminate the world anew.
Bharadhydasan Kannan
Bharadhydasan Kannan has assisted research on marginalized communities like Dalits and Tribals of Tamil Nadu, covering their musicology and social life. He comes from a Hindu family and accepted the Lord Jesus at the age of 14. He works within church planting missions and welfare programmes. Being from an engineering background and witnessing the impact of development projects and industrialization on tribal groups, his focus shifted towards developing an inclusive and sustainable socio-economic growth model. He believes churches in India shy away from discussing ‘identities’ both within themselves and in the secular world. This includes displaced tribal groups, whose homelessness is hardly noticed or discussed in mainstream churches. Part of his work has been to initiate discussion among church groups and academic circles on loss of livelihood and the impact of industries on environment and human habitation.
Caleb Gordon
Caleb Gordon is a PhD student at the University of Manchester, writing and researching about theological treatments of aesthetic experience in environmental ethics. Though currently living in the UK, he is originally from Alaska, and Alaska continues to serve as a source of inspiration for his academic and creative projects. Prior to his PhD, Caleb balanced his winter studies by working on commercial fishing boats and on scientific projects for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the University of Alaska, Anchorage. These experiences both deepened his love for wilderness and prompted some of the difficult questions that stimulate his ongoing work.
Christopher Douglas-Huriwai
Christopher is a priest in the Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand, and Polynesia, currently serving as Canon to the Ordinary and Chaplain to the Archbishop. He is married to Sharlene and together they have a daughter, Te Aomihia. Christopher affiliates to the Ngati Porou, Ngai Te Rangi, Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki, Rongowhakaata, Raukawa and Maniapoto tribes, and has a passion for indigenous theology and liturgy. He is also on the staff of Te Rau Theological College, an indigenous theological college founded in 1882 and located on the east coast of the North Island where he teaches ministry formation and lectures in the areas of liturgics, cultural exegesis and indigenous theology.
David Benjamin Blower
David Benjamin Blower is a musician, writer and podcaster from Birmingham in the UK. In 2019 he released We Really Existed and We Really Did This , a record of reflections on ecological breakdown. He is part of Nomad Podcast, and has written several books, including Sympathy for Jonah: Reflections on Terror, Humiliation and the Politics of Enemy-Love (Resource Publications, 2016).
Debo Oluwatuminu
Debo is a poet, writer, director, facilitator, collaborator and producer who conceives, writes and collaborates with creatives