ESSAY: FIXING CLIMATE CHANGE WILL REQUIRE A CULTURE CHANGE
Writing from the US, academic and author CHARLES C CAMOSY, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says it’s the culture of waste and alienation from the planet that has to change first if climate change is to be addressed…
ESSAY: WHERE IS CHRISTIANITY HEADED? THE VIEW FROM 2019
WESLEY GRANBERG-MICHAELSON, a former general secretary of the Reformed Church in America and author of Future Faith: Ten Challenges Reshaping Christianity in the 21st Century, looks at the challenges for the church in the year ahead…
Irish bishops announce divestment from fossil fuels ahead of the Pope’s visit
Dublin, IrelandRNS Hours before the arrival of Pope Francis, the world’s leading champion of the environment, the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference announced it would divest from fossil fuels. The move comes in response to Francis’ 2015 environmental encyclical, Laudato Si, (or On Care for Our Common Home), and follows the introduction of a bill in the Irish […]
Christians among faith leaders joining with Indigenous people in new global initiative to tackle rainforest deforestation
Metropolitan Emmanuel, right, of the Orthodox Church of France gives a speech during a meeting with religious leaders on ways to protect tropical rainforests from threats in Oslo on Monday. PICTURE: Reuters/Alister Doyle (via Religion News Service) Christians from across denominations were among religious leaders who joined with Indigenous peoples in launching a new global […]