Climate Change (old guide)
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Religious studies and climate change
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What is the relationship of the world's religious traditions and climate change?
- Some religious leaders and communities have connected their faith traditions to human responsibilities towards the natural world and future generations, and provide strong moral leadership on the issue of climate change.
- A few religious traditions have connected their faith traditions to beliefs that God, not humans, controls the weather and the future.
- Some analysts compare the “global warming worldview” to a religious movement; see for example “The Religion of Global Warming”
- A study of a religious tradition’s response to climate change is a valuable tool for understanding that tradition’s stand on fundamental moral and theological issues, such as how human beings should act in the world.
Web resources
- Religion and Views on Climate and Energy IssuesPew Resource Center provides the results of studies between religious belief and concern about climate change. October 2015.
- Articles on Religion and Climate ChangeFrom the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale University
- Climate Change Statements from World ReligionsFrom the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale.
- Climate, Spirituality, & FaithBibliography of resources from Climate & Mind
- Our Only Home - the Dalai LamaHis Holiness the Dalai Lama reminds us that this planet is our only home so we must take steps to stem global warming. Jan. 2021. (2:31 minutes)
Books and ebooks
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Ecology by Call Number: ebookPublication Date: 2017-03-24
Environmental Justice and Climate Change: assessing Pope Benedict XVI's ecological vision for the Catholic Church in the United States by Call Number: ebookPublication Date: 2013-01-01
Green Christianity : five ways to a sustainable future by Call Number: Southeast Main Collection 261.88 W35g 2010Publication Date: 2010-09-15
Green Buddhism by Call Number: Southeast Main Collection 294.3 K39g 2019
Christianity, Climate Change, and Sustainable LivingCall Number: Southeast Main Collection 261.88 S64c 2009
DVDs and streaming videos
Moyers & Company: Climate Change - Faith and Fact. Bill Moyers speaks with Christian and climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe about ending the gridlock between politics, science and faith. Broadcast September 12, 2014. (27 minutes)