"A Study Paper from the World Council of Churches".
"May 1994 Second Edition". -- verso of t.-p.
"Accelerated climate change caused by human activity is altering the conditions for life on this planet. This WCC study resource describes the scientific evidences of these changes, explores the theological issues raised, suggests ethical imperatives, reviews the international response, and proposes actions for the churches." -- back cover.
Contents: World Council of Churches Involvement Regarding Climate Change -- Introduction -- What Are We Talking About ? -- Theological and Ethical Imperatives -- Dimensions of the Challenge -- Setting Targets for Reducing Greenhouse Gases -- Implementing Targets -- Can Targets be Met Within Current Political Socio-Economic Realities ? -- Building Community -- The Role of the Churches -- Spirituality and a Renewed Theological Vision -- Appendices.
Contents of appendices: I: The response of the international community to the threat of accelerated climate change -- II: The churches' initial efforts to face the issue -- III: Status of ramification of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change as at October 7, 1993 -- IV: Some useful addresses -- V: List of participants, World Council of Churches Consultation on Climate Change, October 9-15, 1993 -- VI: Statement on Global Warming and Climate Change: A Call to the Churches, January 1994.
Cover title: "And God saw that it was good..." : a Brazilian liturgy of creation
'{By] Ernesto Cardoso [and] Marcos Gianelli".
"The liturgies suggested in this book began in a wonderful experience of collective creation. The whole idea began in Brasil, when an ecumanical worship committee met to plan the ideas, themes, colours, rhythms and gestures -- everything needed for a series of worship series based on the seven days of creation. These liturgies provided the central theme and focus for each day during the international consultation 'God, People and Nature : One Community' held in Sao Paulo, Brasil in June 1988. The consultation was sponsored by the Church and Society sub-unit of the World Council of Churches, Geneva". -- Preface.
Contents: Preface -- Authors -- Acknowledgements -- The First Day -- The Second Day -- The Third Day -- The Fourth Day -- The Fiftt Day -- The Sixth Day -- The Seventh Day -- Credits for Hymns and Music
"EGGYS: Reports and Background Papers is an occasional publication of the Ecumenical Global Gathering of Youth and Students. Its primary purpose is to provide youth and student movements with information and analysis on those issues which are tackled through the process of ecumenical cooperation, and which are relevant to our witness in church and society". -- back cover.
"From October 19 to 23, 1992, 10 young men and women from Norway, Philippines, United States, Japan, Venezuela, Malaysia, Rwanda, Brazil and Portugal met at the Institute of Social Order inside the campus of a Catholic University in Quezon City, Philippines to put together their insights on the theme of `Environment and Development'." -- p. 1.
Contents: The story behind this paper dated Geneva, January 1993 / Manuel Quintero, EGGYS organizing secretary -- An EGGYS Study Paper on Environment and Development -- Our Common Reflections and Concerns -- [Questions for Discussion] -- Appendix I: The Six R's [Excerpts from the principles of the 'Treaty on consumption and Lifestyle', International Non-Governmental Organization Forum, Rio de Janeiro, June 1-14, 1992) -- Appendix II: Youth Treaty : U.N. Conference on Environment and Development Global Forum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil June 1992.
"In the wake of the climate change agreement reached in Paris December 12 [2015], Anglican and ecumenical leaders in Canada say they're looking to the future with new hope -- as well as concern that the deal will be translated into action. While in action to meet Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, travelled by train to Paris to take part in a special climate change-themed ecumenical service. The occasion gave him a change to talk with people involved in the Paris conference, he said, and hope was a big theme of these discussions" (p. 1). "In Paris on behalf of the Canadian Council of Churches (CCC) was Joy Kennedy, chair of the CCC's commission on justice and peace" (p. 7). "In each country, the onus may be on people and organizations to keep up the pressure to make sure their leaders stay on track, Thompson [Henriette Thompson, director, public witness for social and ecological justice, Anglican Church of Canada] said. It may also require some personal sacrifices, and one important role for the church in the time to come, she said, will be to allay people's anxiety, 'especially as members of our own church in Canada will be suffering directly the economic impact in the form of the loss of jobs' that is likely to follow in this country's energy sector" (p. 7).
"The following is excerpted from the keynote address last spring by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt to the annual convention of the Associated Church Press, of which the Anglican Journal is a member. Mr. Babbitt's speech, entitled 'Leading America closer to the promise of God's covenant' was about the role that spirituality and church members can play in maintaining, or all too frequently, restoring the integrity of the environment -- God's creation. Though set in a U.S. context, the address, especially its conclusion, which is reprinted here below [not included in electronic database], contained enough practical advice by a seasoned civil servant to be of interest to Canadian church members".
"Finally, we can remember that conservation did not begin as a partisan, or even a political issue. Nor did it begin on Earth Day. It began in the time between the flood and the rainbow, a time that begins with the break of each new day. You can help by asking your leaders, your congregations, and yourselves to transcend the narrow partisan differences, which can only drive us back towards destruction, and instead uphold our moral obligation as stewards of God's creation, which can only bring us closer to the hope and renewal that was and is the promise of His covenant".
Includes bibliographical references (pp. 164-166) and index.
"This book is the ideal resource for churches to nurture commitment and creativity by promoting `Jubilee literacy', a spirituality of forgiveness and reparation, and practical economic disciplines for individuals, households, and congregations. However, the Kinslers are clear that with this hope for renewal also comes a warning: Any theology that refuses to reckon with the realities of the increasingly unequal distribution of wealth and power in the human family today is both cruel and irrelevant. We Christians must talk about economics, and talk about it in light of the gospel". -- Foreword, p. xi.
Contents: Foreword / Ched Meyers -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Jubilee Challenge: Fullness of Life for All God's People -- The Promised Land: An Alternative Social Possibility -- Abuse of Land, Labor, and Life -- Sabbath Economics, Jubilee Spirituality, and Liberty for All -- Jesus' Proclamation of God's Reign as Jubilee -- Jesus and the Domination System -- Jubilee Practices in the Early Church -- Jubilee: Celebrating Life Together -- References and Further Reading -- Index.
"Those who prophesize peak oil warn that the crisis about to overtake the planet is not only climate change due to the burning of fossil fuels, but the end of our easy access to those fossil fuels altogether." "As we approach this dramatic moment in history all side have become fixed in their positions. Government sees jobs and money ... For every critical report from environmentalists, there's a positive pronouncement from the industry-supported Oil Sands Developers Group. Among those trying to offer a broader (or at least a different) perspective are church leaders. This past spring [May 2009], representatives of Canada's Anglican, Lutheran, Catholic, Christian Reform, Quaker, Mennonite, Presbyterian and United churches embarked on a fact-finding expedition organized by the inter-church organization Kairos, which has a mandate to promote ecological justice. Kairos executive director Mary Corkery explained that she first wanted to take the Canadian church delegation to the oil fields of Nigeria, but then decided 'to start at home'. I joined them for an aerial survey of the oil sands and a visit to two affected communities: the First Nations reserves at Fort Chipewyan and the city of Fort McMurray".
"Produced by the first Workshop on Deforestation and its effects on Rural Development sponsored by the World Council of Churches Sub-unit on Church and Society in cooperation with the Universidad Estatal a Distancia Costa Rica".
Added sub-title on front cover: Costa Rica forestry and environment workshop.
"Translated from Spanish".
Contents: Declaration to the Church in Latin America dated San Jose, Costa Rica, July 15, 1988 -- List of Participants -- Deforestation and Its Impact on Rural Development: Two Case Studies -- Creation and Stewardship -- Church and Society documents in this series [inside back cover].
"The world today faces a whole series of environmental crises. My country, Canada, experiences the effects of many of these. To save this planet, humanity must learn more about the problems and find solutions. I have written this book to help us understand what is happening to our environment and what we can do about it. This book is also about the role that Christians can play. I believe that we can make a positive contribution to the ecological crises facing our planet. Our faith requires it of us". -- Preface, p. 7.
Contents: Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- Our Faith: And the survival of creation -- Acid Rain: Poison from the sky -- Toxic Wastes: Chemical killers -- Garbage: Problems piling up on us -- Nuclear power: Unforgiving technology -- Ozone Layer: Killing the heavens -- Greenhouse Effect: An overheated world -- Third World: How Canada helps destroy the global environment -- The Future: Changing our theology, lifestyle and economics.
Author is "the national staff person with responsibility for Environmental Issues, on The United Church of Canada's Division of Mission in Canada". -- back cover.