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Sacred acts : how churches are working to protect earth's climate / [compiled and edited by] Mallory McDuff ; foreword by Bill McKibben.

Contributor(s): McDuff, Mallory D | McKibben, Bill
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Gabriola Island, BC : New Society Publishers, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: xii, 259 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780865717008 (pbk.); 0865717001Subject(s): Ecotheology | Church work | Environmental protection | Christian stewardship | Climatic changes -- Religious aspects -- Christianity | Human ecology -- Religious aspects -- ChristianityBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
A Pentecost moment of change / Mallory McDuff -- Food, faith and a catechesis of taste: resisting the junk food of empire / Ragan Sutterfield -- Beyond belief: effective religious leadership on energy and climate change / Fletcher Harper -- Life is changed, not ended: natural burial, conservation and climate / Mallory McDuff -- At the intersection of belief and knowledge: climate science and our Christian faith / Katharine Hayhoe -- In God's garden: living the good news in a changing climate / Norman Wirzba -- Birds of the air: preaching, climate change and anxiety / Brian Cole -- From church sanctuaries to the steps of the capitol: faithful advocacy for a coal-free Washington / LeeAnne Beres and Jessie Dye -- Turning over the money tables: the economy, green jobs and congregations / Michele McGeoy -- Cross in the mountains: mountaintop removal in Appalachia / John S. Rausch -- Faith and flight: immigration, the church and the climate / Jill Rios -- For the health of all: faith communities and environmental justice / Peggy M. Shepard -- Responding in times of disaster: pray without ceasing / Mitch Hescox -- On Earth as it is in Heaven / Mallory McDuff -- The power of ideas / Sally Bingham.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: A Pentecost moment of change / Mallory McDuff -- Food, faith and a catechesis of taste: resisting the junk food of empire / Ragan Sutterfield -- Beyond belief: effective religious leadership on energy and climate change / Fletcher Harper -- Life is changed, not ended: natural burial, conservation and climate / Mallory McDuff -- At the intersection of belief and knowledge: climate science and our Christian faith / Katharine Hayhoe -- In God's garden: living the good news in a changing climate / Norman Wirzba -- Birds of the air: preaching, climate change and anxiety / Brian Cole -- From church sanctuaries to the steps of the capitol: faithful advocacy for a coal-free Washington / LeeAnne Beres and Jessie Dye -- Turning over the money tables: the economy, green jobs and congregations / Michele McGeoy -- Cross in the mountains: mountaintop removal in Appalachia / John S. Rausch -- Faith and flight: immigration, the church and the climate / Jill Rios -- For the health of all: faith communities and environmental justice / Peggy M. Shepard -- Responding in times of disaster: pray without ceasing / Mitch Hescox -- Conclusion: On Earth as it is in Heaven / Mallory McDuff -- Afterword: The power of ideas / Sally Bingham.

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