Caring For Creation (Course Booklet) (York Courses Series)
Brian DavisBooklet 2020-09-14
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In this 5 session course, Brian Davis vividly reminds us that the human race is facing its greatest challenge: global warming, leading to climate change. This, along with the damage we have done, and are still doing to the environment, God's wonderful creation, means that we all have to make radical changes to our whole way of life. Many of us who care about this issue are sometimes understandably quite pessimistic about the future. That's where faith in God should make a difference. Hope for the future is not the same as being optimistic. Being optimistic suggests always looking on the bright side. A hope based on faith in God should enable us to open our eyes and see what is actually happening to our planet today, and still believe there is much that we can do, individually and together, with God to guide and strengthen us. This York Course is available in the following formats: Course Book (Paperback 978 ... ) Audio Book of Discussion to support Caring for Creation York Course (CD 978 ... ) Transcript of Discussion to support Caring for Creation York Course (Paperback 978 ...) Large print version of Course Book (Paperback 978 ... ) The five sessions focus on: SESSION 1: The Environment Focusing on God's wonderful creation, planet earth, the place of human kind in it, and why it is under threat. SESSION 2: Global Warming and Climate Change Some facts and figures about climate change, and why faith in a Creator God should give us hope. SESSION 3: The Age of Humans - The Anthropocene Era How we human beings with our god-like powers can still undo some of the terrible damage we have done and are doing to our planet. SESSION 4: Coming out of Denial and Facing Crisis Many of us find it hard to face up to the reality of climate change, and make the necessary changes to our lifestyle. We need to understand why this is so, and how our faith can help us. SESSION 5: Faith, Hope and Love We urgently need to be clear about our Christian response to the present crisis: it challenges what we believe; it is also about how we can live in hope, and meet the demands of Christian love. The course audio features Ruth Valerio, Environmentalist, theologian, social activist, Tearfund Director and author of Saying Yes to Life (SPCK, 2020); Dave Bookless who specializes in biblical theology and biodiversity conservation and is Director of Theology for A Rocha International; Kuki Rokhum, who is on the Leadership Team of Renew our World and involved in the Lausanne Creation Care network; and David Clogh, who launched CreatureKind and DefaultVeg projects, and is concerned with the place of animals in Christian theology and ethics.
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In this 5 session course, Brian Davis vividly reminds us that the human race is facing its greatest challenge: global warming, leading to climate change. This, along with the damage we have done, and are still doing to the environment, God's wonderful creation, means that we all have to make radical changes to our whole way of life. Many of us who care about this issue are sometimes understandably quite pessimistic about the future. That's where faith in God should make a difference. Hope for the future is not the same as being optimistic. Being optimistic suggests always looking on the bright side. A hope based on faith in God should enable us to open our eyes and see what is actually happening to our planet today, and still believe there is much that we can do, individually and together, with God to guide and strengthen us. This York Course is available in the following formats: Course Book (Paperback 978 ... ) Audio Book of Discussion to support Caring for Creation York Course (CD 978 ... ) Transcript of Discussion to support Caring for Creation York Course (Paperback 978 ...) Large print version of Course Book (Paperback 978 ... ) The five sessions focus on: SESSION 1: The Environment Focusing on God's wonderful creation, planet earth, the place of human kind in it, and why it is under threat. SESSION 2: Global Warming and Climate Change Some facts and figures about climate change, and why faith in a Creator God should give us hope. SESSION 3: The Age of Humans - The Anthropocene Era How we human beings with our god-like powers can still undo some of the terrible damage we have done and are doing to our planet. SESSION 4: Coming out of Denial and Facing Crisis Many of us find it hard to face up to the reality of climate change, and make the necessary changes to our lifestyle. We need to understand why this is so, and how our faith can help us. SESSION 5: Faith, Hope and Love We urgently need to be clear about our Christian response to the present crisis: it challenges what we believe; it is also about how we can live in hope, and meet the demands of Christian love. The course audio features Ruth Valerio, Environmentalist, theologian, social activist, Tearfund Director and author of Saying Yes to Life (SPCK, 2020); Dave Bookless who specializes in biblical theology and biodiversity conservation and is Director of Theology for A Rocha International; Kuki Rokhum, who is on the Leadership Team of Renew our World and involved in the Lausanne Creation Care network; and David Clogh, who launched CreatureKind and DefaultVeg projects, and is concerned with the place of animals in Christian theology and ethics.