7.7: Supplementary Readings and Sources
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Books and Articles on Climate Change, Religion, and Ecology
Articles on climate change and religion compiled by the Forum on Religion and Ecology: http://fore.yale.edu/climate-change/...es-on-religion -and-climate-change/.
Berry, T. 1999. The Great Work. Bell Tower, New York, NY.
Berry, T. 2009. The Sacred Universe: Earth, Spirituality, and Religion in the TwentyFirst Century, Tucker, M. E. (ed.). Columbia University Press, New York, NY.
Douglas, P., and Hecox, M. 2016. Caring for Creation: The Evangelical’s Guide to Climate Change and a Healthy Environment. Bethany House, Bloomington, MN.
Grim, J., and Tucker, M. E. 2014. Ecology and Religion. Island Press, Washington, DC.
Jenkins, W., Tucker, M. E., and Grim, J. (eds.). 2016. Routledge Handbook of Religion and Ecology. Routledge, New York, NY.
Northcott, M. 2013. A Political Theology of Climate Change. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, MI.
Pew Research Center. 2015, October 22. Religion and Views on Climate and Energy Issues. https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2015/10/22/ religion-and-views-on-climate-and-energy-issues/.
Tucker, M. E. 2004. Worldly Wonder: Religions Enter Their Ecological Phase. Open Court, Chicago, IL.
Tucker, M. E. 2015. Can science and religion respond to climate change? Zygon 50(4).
Statements on Climate Change from the World’s Religions
Ecology and Justice Series from Orbis Books
Indigenous Environmental Network
Journey of the Universe
Film, book, conversations: https://www.journeyoftheuniverse.org.
Massive Open Online Classes (MOOCs): https://www.coursera.org/ specializations/journey-of-the-universe.
United Nations Environment Programme
Earth and Faith: A Book of Reflection for Action: https://wedocs.unep.org/ bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/25988/Earth%20and%20Faith.pdf ?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Faith for Earth Initiative: https://www.unenvironment.org/about-un-environ ment/faith-earth-initiative.
Interfaith Rainforest Initiative: https://www.interfaithrainforest.org.
Interreligious Programs and Websites on Religion and Ecology
Blessed Tomorrow: https://blessedtomorrow.org.
Earth Ministry in Seattle: https://earthministry.org.
Faith in Place in Chicago: https://www.faithinplace.org.
Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale: http://fore.yale.edu.
GreenFaith: https://greenfaith.org.
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility: https://www.iccr.org.
Interfaith Power and Light: https://www.interfaithpowerandlight.org.
Interreligious Eco-Justice Network: https://irejn.org.
Parliament of the World’s Religions Climate Commitments Project: https:// parliamentofreligions.org/project-home/climate-commitments-project.
Denominational Websites on Climate Change
Catholic Climate Covenant: https://catholicclimatecovenant.org.
Evangelical Environmental Network: https://www.creationcare.org.
Franciscan Action Network: https://franciscanaction.org.
Global Catholic Climate Movement: https://catholicclimatemovement.global.
The Shalom Center: https://theshalomcenter.org.
Educational Programs in Religion and Ecology
Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary: https://centerforearth ethics.org.
Green Seminary Initiative: https://www.greenseminaries.org.
Yale Climate Connections: Faith & Ethics: http://www.yaleclimateconnections .org/topic/faith-ethics/.
Yale Divinity School MAR in Religion and Ecology: https://divinity.yale.edu/ academics/degree-and-certificate-requirements/concentrated-master-arts -religion-mar/religion-and-ecology.
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and Yale Divinity School Joint MA in Religion and Ecology: http://fore.yale.edu/yale-ma/.
Climate Change Communications
Center for Climate Change Communications at George Mason University: http://www.climatechangecommunication.org.
Yale Center for Climate Change Communication: http://climatecommunication .yale.edu.
Sources for the Figures
Figure 7.1.1: John Muir. Reproduced from Wikipedia. https://en.Wikipedia.org/ wiki/John_Muir. In the public domain.
Figure 7.4.1: The Incredible Paro Taktsang. Photograph by Baron Reznik reproduced via Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/baronreznik/ 21845713859. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
Figure 7.4.2: Mosque Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco. Reproduced from Milamber via Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/milamber/379154769/. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
Figure 7.5.1: Still from the film Journey of the Universe.
Figure 7.6.1: The tar sands in Alberta, Canada, in 2008. Reproduced from Howl Arts Collective via Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ howlcollective/6544064931. CC BY 2.0.
Figure 7.6.2: The Yamuna River in India. Reproduced from Melenama via Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/21856521@N07/4824216240. CC BY-SA 2.0.
Figure 7.6.3 Pollution in the Yamuna River at Agra. Reproduced from India Water Portal via Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/indiawaterportal/ 2449965048/. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
Figure 7.6.4: Pilgrims’ offerings and garbage in River Ganges. Reproduced from Massimiliano Sticca via Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ maxfear/9966149614. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
Figure 7.6.5: Rev. Dr. Gerald L. Durley, Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas, and Rev. Dr. Jim Antal. Photograph by Robert A. Jonas. Reproduced with permission.
Figure 7.6.6: Stand with Standing Rock November 14, 2016. Photograph by Leslie Peterson via Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/996031...03/30396604493. CC BY-NC 2.0.
Figure 7.6.7: Hog confinement barn interior, slatted floor. Reproduced from Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hog_con finement_barn_interior.jpg. Photograph by the EPA; in the public domain.
Sources for the Text
Overview
Chiglinsky, K. 2019, April 4. Insurer warns of existential threat of climate policy. Bloomberg News. https://news.bloombergenvironment.com/environment -and-energy/insurer-warns-of-existential-threat-on-climate-policy.
Climate change threatens national security says Pentagon. 2014, October 14. United Nations Climate Change. https://unfccc.int/news/climate -change-threatens-national-security-says-pentagon.
Conger, J. 2019, January 18. New Pentagon report: “The Effects of a Changing Climate Are a National Security Issue.” The Center for Climate and Security. https://climateandsecurity.org/.
Department of Defense, United States of America. 2019, January. Report on Effects of a Changing Climate to the Department of Defense. https:// media.defense.gov/2019/Jan/29/2002084200/-1/-1/1/CLIMATE-CHANGE -REPORT-2019.PDF.
7.1 Science and Religion: A New Alliance Needed
Chryssavgis, J. 2012. On Earth as in Heaven: Ecological Vision and Initiatives of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. Fordham University Press, New York, NY.
Pope Francis. 2015. Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’ of the Holy Father Francis on Care for Our Common Home. Libreria Editrice Vaticana. http:// w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/em/encyclicals/documents/papa -francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html.
Religion, Science, and the Environment Symposia. http://rsesymposia.org.
Worster, D. 2011. A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir. Oxford University Press, New York, NY.
7.2 Religion and Ecology: Academic Field and Moral Force
Cobb, J. 1972 (revised 1995). Is It Too Late? A Theology of Ecology. Bruce and Glencoe, Beverly Hills, CA.
Cobb, J., and Daly, H. 1989. For the Common Good: Redirecting the Economy Toward Community, Environment and a Sustainable Future. Beacon Press, Boston, MA.
Grim, J., and Tucker, M. E. (series eds.). 1997–2004. World Religions and Ecology (9 vols.). Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.
McFague, S. 2013. Blessed Are the Consumers: Climate Change and the Practice of Restraint. Fortress Press, Minneapolis, MN.
Ruether, R. 2005. Integrating Ecofeminism, Globalization and World Religions. Rowan and Littlefield, Lanham, MD.
Tucker, M. E. 2018, December 12. The Fourth National Climate Assessment— Responses from Religious Communities. Interview with Irina Faskianos at the Council on Foreign Relations, New York. https://www.cfr.org/ conference-calls/fourth-national-climate-assessment.
Tucker, M. E., and Grim, J. (eds.). 2001. Religion and ecology: can the climate change? Daedalus. https://www.amacad.org/daedalus/religion -and-ecology-can-climate-change.
White, L., Jr. 1967. The historical roots of our ecologic crisis. Science 155 (10 March), 1204.
7.2 Engaging Religions: Toward Economic and Ecological Flourishing
GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammerarbeit). 2018. Green Mosques: Project Description. https://www.giz.de/en/worldwide/32825 .html.
Gross National Happiness Indicator. http://www.grossnationalhappiness.com.
Nelson, A. 2016, September 6. Morocco to give 600 mosques a green makeover. Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/ sep/05/morocco-to-give-600-mosques-a-green-makeover.
7.3 Journey of the Universe: A Shared Evolutionary Story
Callicott, J. B. 2013. A neopresocratic manifesto. Environmental Humanities 2(1), 169–186. https://doi.org/10.1215/22011919-3610396.
Swimme, B. T., and Tucker, M. E. 2011. Journey of the Universe. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. https://www.journeyoftheuniverse.org.
7.4 Principles, Strategies, and Tactics
Albeck-Ripla, L. 2019, May 12. Their islands are being eroded. So are their human rights, they say. New York Times. https://www.nytimes .com/2019/05/12/world/australia/climate-change-torres-strait-islands .html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_190513.
Antal, J. 2016. Climate Church, Climate World: How People of Faith Must Work for Change. Rowan & Littlefield, Lanham, MD.
Berry, T. 1988 (reprint 2015). The Dream of the Earth. Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, CA. (Reprint: Counterpoint, Berkeley, CA.)
Berry, T. 2006 (reprint 2015). Ten principles for jurisprudence revision. In Evening Thoughts, Tucker, M. E. (ed.). Sierra Club, San Francisco, CA. (Reprint: Counterpoint, Berkeley, CA.)
Bouchard, L. 2009, January 25. The Integrity of Creation and the Athabascan Oilsands. Pastoral letter from Bishop Luc Bouchard of St. Paul, Alberta, Canada. https://hnp.org/wp-content/uploads/2...aul-Bishop-Luc -Bouchard-pastoral-letter-on-tar-sands.pdf.
Bullitt-Jonas, M., and Schade, L. 2019. Rooted and Rising: Voices of Courage in a Time of Climate Crisis. Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD.
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Center for Biological Diversity. Keep It in the Ground. https://www.biological diversity.org/campaigns/keep_it_in_the_ground/.
Commoner, B. 1971. The Closing Circle: Nature, Technology, and Man. Knopf, New York, NY
Feldman, D., and Moseley, L. 2003. Faith-based environmental initiatives. Worldviews: Environment, Culture and Global Religions 7(3), 227–252.
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Gardner, G., and Clingerman, F. Playing God? Multi-faith Responses to the Prospect of Climate Engineering. https://greenfaith.org/geoengineering.
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International Union for the Conservation of Nature. 2010, May 24. Draft Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth. https://www.iucn .org/content/draft-universal-declaration-rights-mother-earth.
Morford, S. 2009, March 26. Religion’s View from Appalachia: Only God Should Move Mountains. Inside Climate News. https://insideclimatenews .org/news/20090326/religions-view-appalachia-only-god-should-move -mountains.
O’Donnell, E. L., and Talbot-Jones, J. 2018. Creating legal rights for rivers: lessons from Australia, New Zealand, and India. Ecology and Society 23(1). https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09854-230107.
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Pesek, W. 2019, May 9. Farewell Jakarta? Jokowi’s capital relocation plan can boost economy but only if done well. Nikkei Asian Review. https://asia .nikkei.com/Opinion/Farewell-Jakarta.
Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. Sea Level Rise Higher Ground Initiative. https://rac.org/sea-level-rise-highe...und-initiative.
Rosenthal, M. J. 2018, December 13. Small island nations, threatened by rising seas, want stronger action at climate change summit in Poland. The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy -environment/2018/12/12/small-island-nations-threatened-by-rising -seas-want-stronger-action-climate-change-summit-poland/?utm_ term=.39c9722c71bd.
Salkin, J. 2016, October 23. Sea level rise is a religious issue. Religion News Service. https://religionnews.com/2016/10/23/...rising-waters/.
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