The John Ray Initiative

North West Sustainability Forum 14th June

Martin Hodson — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:18:53 +0000

A church in Preston is hosting a regional Sustainability Forum, bringing together experts from several disciplines to stimulate thinking and policy across the North-west, and re-kindle a debate of national importance. ‘Evidence continues to grow about the need to immediately address fundamental sustainability questions,’ said Rev Chris Halliwell, Diocesan Rural and Environmental Officer.

‘However [...]

Water: Redcliffe/JRI conference March 2012

John McKeown — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 21:15:09 +0000

Audio (mp3) and Powerpoint slides are available on the main Water conference page.

JRI has been partnering with Redcliffe College in Gloucester for over 10 years to put on day conferences. This year we were also in partnership with Tearfund and the theme was “Water: Global Challenges for the 21st Century”. Over 80 people came to [...]

The Bible and The Environment

John McKeown — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 08:15:01 +0000

Book notice: David Horrell, The Bible and the Environment: Towards a Critical Ecological Biblical Theology (London: Equinox, 2010). x + 161 pp. £15.99 (pb), ISBN 978-1-84553-622-0.

A significant recent book by David Horrell, Professor of New Testament at Exeter University. Chapter 2 looks at biblical interpretation that responds to environmental issues. He identifies two [...]

Treasure in the Field – CEL

John McKeown — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 07:38:54 +0000

CEL’s 30th anniversary conference near Bristol on Saturday 10th March was an excellent day, with talks from Jonathon Porritt and Tim Gorringe, and responses from Paul Bodenham and Ellen Teague. In the afternoon the modern church hall was transformed by various partitions, and seminars were given by Edward Echlin, Jonathan Essex, Mark Letcher, Chris Sunderland, [...]

Communicating Hope – 9th/10th May 2012

Martin Hodson — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:20:37 +0000

Hope in an age of environmental crisis. A gathering for communicators What relevance does the Christian message of hope have in our world that seems increasingly hopeless? It is noticeable that the Christian scene has changed, from the Tearfund/ A Rocha UK/ JRI/ SJI tours of 2008/9 entitled, ‘Hope for Planet Earth’, to a recent (2011) [...]

Mission Earth… A Christian response to climate change

Martin Hodson — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 09:22:15 +0000

THE CHRISTIAN CENSUS ON CLIMATE CHANGE in conjunction with York St. John University and York Minster presents: Mission Earth… A Christian response to climate change. Participants including: Diocese of Middlesbrough, CAFOD, Christian Ecology Link, Diocese of York, Eco Congregations, John Ray Initiative, Quaker Living Witness, Northern Baptist Association, Operation Noah, York Hull Methodists, Tearfund, and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. Martin and Margot Hodson will be representing JRI. The event will happen on Saturday 21st April. [...]

Post-Doctoral Research Associate In Natural Disasters

Martin Hodson — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:57:10 +0000

A position has become available for a Research Associate to carry out a project sponsored by the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, St. Edmund’s College, Cambridge, UK. It is available immediately, and will continue until the end of January 2015. The research associate will conduct a study into the way in which cultural backgrounds, [...]