Australian election: Christian voices highlight a spectrum of issues ahead of poll
Ahead of Australia’s federal election on Saturday, 21st May, JONATHAN FOYE canvasses some of the issues Christian groups across the nation have been talking about…
Essay: Freeing our democracy from the tentacles of coal and gas
THEA ORMEROD, president of the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change, calls for action to address the hold that she argues coal and gas industries have over politics in Australia…
Australian Christians support international inter-faith action on climate change
Sydney, Australia Australian Christians have taken part in an international inter-faith action on climate change to demand that the country take much stronger emissions reduction targets to the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow. More than 120 places of worship across Australia displayed banners or held events on Sunday as part of a global faith […]
Essay: Taking the heat out of global warming
Australian Pentecostal pastor ROB BUCKINGHAM, a spokesman for the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change, says understanding the complexities of climate change through compassionate eyes changes our view…
Interfaith letter campaign calls for Australian PM to take greater action on climate change
Hundreds of letters calling for greater action on climate change have been delivered to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s office in Canberra as part of an interfaith initiative. Under the campaign coordinated by the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change, the more than 600 letters call for the Morrison Government to submit higher emissions reduction targets to […]
Australian Christian leaders join with other faiths in calling for more action on climate change
Christian leaders have joined with those of other faiths in urging Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to change the direction of his government’s climate change police and provide “strong and visionary leadership” to support the “urgent adoption” of green alternatives to the use of fossil fuels. In an open letter to the Prime Minister, the […]
Christian leaders from across globe join call for Adani to “abandon” Australian coal mine project
Christians are among more than 70 faith leaders from across the globe who have signed an open letter calling on Adani Group chairman, Gautam Adani, to “abandon” his plans for the Carmichael coal mine in Queensland. The letter – which is signed by leaders including Thabo Makgoba, primate of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, Rev James Bhagwhan, […]
MY MISSION: WORKING FOR “DECISIVE ACTION” ON CLIMATE CHANGE
MARK DELANEY, coordinator for ‘Living the Change’ in the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change, writes about why he’s involved with the movement…
ESSAY: CHRISTIAN SUFFERING AND THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY
With 29th July designated Earth Overshoot Day – the annual point at which demand on Earth’s resources exceeds what the planet can regenerate in a full year, Australian Catholic theologian and author NEIL ORMEROD looks at the role Christians can play in ushering in change…
Australian Christian leaders among more than 150 faith leaders calling for climate change action in an open letter to the PM
Australian Christian leaders are among more than 150 faith leaders who have signed an open letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison calling for him to make “addressing the problem of climate change your number one priority”. Organised by the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change, the letter – which was launched at an event at Paddington Uniting […]