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Stories from across North America of contemporary church leaders, parishioners and religious activists who are working to define a new environmental movement, where honoring the Creator means protecting the planet.
Sacred Acts documents the diverse actions taken by churches to address climate change through stewardship, advocacy, spirituality and justice. Contributions from leading Christian voices such as Norman Wirzba and the Reverend Canon Sally Bingham detail the concrete work of faith communities such as:
Sacred Acts shows that churches can play a critical role in confronting climate change - perhaps the greatest moral imperative of our time. This timely collection will inspire individuals and congregations to act in good faith to help protect Earths climate.
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The articles gathered in Sacred Acts edited by Mallory McDuff bring me back to reflections on the possible evolutionary roots of ritual as sacred acts. That is, their emphases on taste, leadership, burial, intersections of birds and advocacy, money and mountains, immigration and justice remind me of the intentional and attentional character of sacred acts. In our emergence, we humans stood up, perhaps as much as we were raised up, and we continue to look for that deeper intention in our actions, that attention to an abiding sacred in our world. Sacred Acts is a reader for this work.
John A. Grim, Senior Lecturer and Research Scholar,
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Yale Divinity School
Yale Department of Religious Studies.
As Protestant privilege wanes in America, churches are renewed as they respond to the pressing spiritual and environmental needs of our time. The essays in this fine book indicate that some faith communities are doing just that. Their witness challenges us all. I am filled with hope.
Bill J. Leonard, James and Marilyn Dunn Professor of Baptist Studies
Professor of Church History and Religion
Wake Forest University
Copyright 2012 by Mallory McDuff.
All rights reserved.
Cover design by Diane McIntosh. Image iStock (JL Gutierrez).
Printed in Canada. First printing March 2012.
Paperback isbn : 978-0-86571-700-8
e isbn : 978-1-55092-501-2
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Sacred acts : how churches are working to protect earths
climate / [compiled and edited by] Mallory McDuff ;
foreword by Bill McKibben.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 978-0-86571-700-8
1. Ecotheology. 2. Church work. 3. Environmental protection.
4. Christian stewardship. 5. Climatic changes Religious aspects
Christianity. I. McDuff, Mallory D
BT695.5.S198 2012261.88
C2012-900038-8
To Ann and Larry McDuff
Scripture quotations, unless otherwise noted, are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations marked ( nab ) are from the New American Bible, revised edition 1991, 1986, 1970, 2010 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, DC, and are used by permission of the copyright owner. All rights reserved. No part of the New American Bible may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the copyright owner.
Scripture quotations marked ( nlt ) are taken from The Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations marked ( niv ) are taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version, copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations marked ( nkjv ) are taken from the New King James Version. Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture also taken from The Message . Copyright 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.
Acknowledgments ix
Foreword xi
Bill McKibben
Introduction: A Pentecost Moment of Change 1
Mallory McDuff
stewardship
1. Food, Faith and a Catechesis of Taste:
Resisting the Junk Food of Empire 13
Ragan Sutterfield
2. Beyond Belief: Effective Religious Leadership
on Energy and Climate Change 29
The Reverend Fletcher Harper
3. Life is Changed, Not Ended: Natural Burial,
Conservation and Climate 47
Mallory McDuff
spirituality
4. At the Intersection of Belief and Knowledge:
Climate Science and our Christian Faith 67
Katharine Hayhoe
5. In Gods Garden: Living the Good News
in a Changing Climate 89
Norman Wirzba
6. The Birds of the Air: Preaching, Climate Change
and Anxiety 101
The Reverend Brian Cole
advocacy
7. From Church Sanctuaries to the Steps of the Capitol: Faithful Advocacy for a Coal-Free Washington 117
LeeAnne Beres and Jessie Dye
8. Turning Over the Money Tables: The Economy,
Green Jobs and Congregations 135
Michele McGeoy
9. The Cross in the Mountains: Mountaintop Removal
in Appalachia 149
Father John S. Rausch
justice
10. Faith and Flight: Immigration, the Church
and the Climate 167
Jill Rios
11. For the Health of All: Faith Communities and Environmental Justice 183
Peggy M. Shepard
12. Responding in Times of Disaster:
Pray Without Ceasing 199
The Reverend Mitch Hescox
Conclusion: On Earth as it is in Heaven 215
Mallory McDuff
Afterword: The Power of Ideas 219
The Reverend Canon Sally Bingham
Notes 225
Index 249
About the Author 259
I am thankful for the contributors who gave their time and energy to craft the chapters of this book. Each organization and congregation featured in the book involves people of faith passionate about justice for all. I am humbled and inspired by their authentic work in this world.
Several people provided feedback on the overall structure and content of the book: Lyn OHare, Lorrie Jayne, the Reverend Brian Cole as well as students in the 2011 Environmental Education Methods and Materials class at Warren Wilson College, including Rachel Cairatti, Amelea Canaris, Elena Canaris, Emmet Fisher, Grace Frankenburg, Melissa Hahn, Madeline Kenny, Cella Langer, Lindsay Loftin, John McDermott, Mikel Oboyski, Rachel Rasmussen, Jacquelyn Roshay, Christina Torquato and Kimberly Worthington.
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