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Theological & Liturgical Resources
- Prof. Steve de Gruchy served as head of the School of Religion and Theology at the University of Kwazulu-Natal. He died recently in a river-tubing accident in South Africa.
An Olive Agenda: First thoughts on a metaphorical theology of development
This paper proposes a theological engagement with a metaphor that could transcend the duality between the 'green' environmental agenda and
the 'brown' poverty agenda that has disabled development discourse for the past twenty years. The mix of green and brown suggests an olive agenda; which in turn
provides a remarkably rich metaphor - the olive - that holds together that which religious and political discourse rends apart:
earth, land, climate, labour, time, family, food, nutrition, health, hunger, poverty, power and violence.
Agency, Sin and Grace: Protestant perspectives on mission and the earth crisis
This essay examines the relationship between Protestant mission thinking and the ecological crisis facing the earth.
An examination of five contemporary traditions (Evangelical, Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian and Lutheran) notes that it is extremely difficult for
Protestants to deal with the earth crisis missiologically, and it is argued that this is because Protestant missiology is deeply embedded in the
self-same affirmation of human agency that is at the heart of the earth crisis. The essay then engages with the notions of agency, sin and grace to suggest
an alternative Protestant approach to mission that is responsive to the depth of the crisis.
- Climate Change - A Challenge to the Churches in SA
A publication of the South African Council of Churches
- A Season of Creation
A season of creation is a resource book on environmental issues:
dealing with biodiversity, water, land, climate change, need not greed and stewardship.
Liturgical material - WEEK 1 - Biodiversity
Liturgical material - WEEK 2 - The Land
Liturgical material - WEEK 3 - Water
Liturgical material - WEEK 4 - Climate Change
Liturgical material - WEEK 5 - Need not Greed
Liturgical material - WEEK 6 - Stewardship
- Celebrating Creation
5 October 2008 St Francis' Day service at St George's Anglican Church, Parktown
- Liturgy 2007 Sep
- Liturgy 2008 World Environment Day
- National Summit of Religious Leaders Final Report
Faith Community representatives from southern Africa met from 10th to 12th February, 2009 at Midrand, South Africa,
to seek solutions to the growing environmental crisis confronting humanity.
The report, declaration and resolutions are available to download from the SAFCEI website,
as well as presentations from the summit.
- Seven Weeks for Water
Make Lent a time to promote water justice and water as a human right.
The weekly meditations for the seven weeks of Lent are a way of trying to raise awareness of water and justice around World Water Day on 22 March.
Each week during Lent a short biblical meditation will be posted here along with some campaigning links and ideas.
- Global Warming and Climate Change
A PDF of Archbishop of Aotearoa and New Zealand David Moxon's Powerpoint presentation to the Primate's Conference 2009 in Alexandria, Egypt.
This has four main parts, entitled: The evidence and effects of global warming and climate change; A Biblical imperative; The Christian moral climate; What can the church do?
- Liturgical Resources
- www.christian-ecology.org.uk
Christian Ecology Link Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales. Registered address:
3 Bond Street, Lancaster LA21 3ER. Company Registration No. 2445198 Registered Charity No. 328744. tel: +44 (0)1524 33858 - info@christian-ecology.org.uk
- http://www.safcei.org.za
- Other Christian links
- Interfaith sites:
- Environmental Sites
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