Katharine Hayhoe’s new book is a conversational, first-person narrative that melds the social science around climate change attitudes and communication into a framework and set of stories that readers can access and relate to.
Christiana Zenner
Christiana Zenner is an Associate Professor of Theology, Science, and Ethics at Fordham University in New York.
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Review: We are all responsible for the future of our planet
Eric Holthaus experiences climate change as a wound, a rending in the fabric of society and ecology.
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Review: The intersection of ecology and theology
Thomas Berry’s legacy for a rising generation of eco-theologians and ethicists is pervasive.
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Review: Geological virtues
Marcia Bjornerud takes the reader on a tour de force of geology that explains how the contemporary earth sciences help with what religiously inclined readers might call the task of theological anthropology: a consideration of the world beyond humans, the world with humans, and the forces far beyond that shape us all.
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Review: Doing theology in light of science, and vice versa
The core of Roger Haight’s new project is to ask “what science can teach Christian theologians about our own self-understanding” and to offer an answer to Christians who “either do not know how to process their Christian faith in this context or call it into question altogether.”
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Mining the partnership between science and religion
The book is characteristically careful, methodical and precise—hallmarks of Haight’s writing style and theological methodology. Readers familiar with the development of Catholic theologies of nature and creation will find much to converse with here, as will philosophical theologians.
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Review: A travelogue on God, Darwin and the Galapagos Islands
Brian McLaren’s ‘The Galápagos Islands: A Spiritual Journey’ is both a travelogue and a spiritual memoir.
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Markets and global elites can’t fix the world’s problems
Anand Giridharadas comes to conclusions that are consonant with the works of Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI.
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Review: Michelle Obama in her own words
Michelle Obama’s autobiography is a powerful demonstration of what a strong woman can make of a “reluctantly” public life.
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Review: Mary Robinson channels Pope Francis and Laudato Si’ with ‘Climate Justice’
Mary Robinson argues that “to deal with climate change we must simultaneously address the underlying injustice in our world and work to eradicate poverty, exclusion, and inequality.”