Following the launch of John Reader’s latest book “Theology and New Materialism” at Trinity College, Oxford, a group of the attendees continued to meet occasionally at the college to discuss some of the issues arising from the book, funded by the William Temple Foundation. We were particularly interested in how …
Martin Hodson suggested that I might reflect on my growing understanding of climate change from a theological perspective to complement his blog. My awareness of climate change as an important issue developed through my reflections on the dialogue between science and the Christian faith in the 1990s. Encouraged by Keith …
Continued from Stormy Weather (Part 1) Things have speeded up on climate change in all sorts of ways in 2017. In January I wrote a briefing on “Donald Trump, the Environment and the Church”. I have spent a lot of time this year monitoring the Trump administration and wrote a …
I only gradually became aware of climate change, and for many years it was kind of in the background. I certainly don’t recall hearing about it at school or in university in the 1970’s. When I began my academic career I was pretty focused on plant anatomy and physiology. Later, …
Since 2007, Christian Rural and Environmental Studies (CRES) has been running an annual residential at Ripon College Cuddesdon (nr. Oxford) in September. This year it was on Friday and Saturday 1st/2nd September. Typically we have a field trip on Friday afternoon, a guest speaker on Friday evening, and our final …
Two years ago my JRI blog was about the somewhat mysterious work of a Diocesan Environmental Adviser whereas this time I’m going to focus on a new season in the church’s year; “Creationtide”, which is dedicated to God as the Creator and Sustainer of all life. Creationtide originated in 1989 …
