Hargaden / Murphy The Parish as Oasis

An Introduction to Practical Environmental Care
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-78812-578-9
Verlag: Messenger Publications
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 144 Seiten

The Parish as Oasis is a practical and accessible introduction to how local churches can contribute to the healing the environmental crisis. A notable feature of this book is that it does not engage with that crisis. “Climate change” can be a contentious cultural issue. And “climate despair” can be a pressing pastoral issue. By focusing on practical and accessible “experiments” that any parish can explore according to their own context and capacities, this book seeks to equip people with a hands-on understanding of the ideas unpacked in Laudato Si’. It is a book that aspires to inspire congregations to get their hands dirty, but it also plants those initiatives within a coherent eco-theology and re-locates how we think about faith and the role of church to the margins, serving as an oasis in those parts of our society that are parched and denuded.         

It consists of three parts: an introductory essay that situates the theological vision of the book, a practical array of experiments that congregations can undertake to care for our common home, and a conclusion pointing people to further resources. While being intellectually rigorous, it is written in an accessible, non-technical fashion. The practical experiments draw on real-world examples, including interviews, to give each of these sections an easy magazine-like feel.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hargaden, Kevin

Murphy, Ciara

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Denkansätze und Ideologie der Umweltschützer
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Soziallehre und Sozialethik, Pastoral und Seelsorge

Inhaltsverzeichnis

How This Book Works. 7

Part I. 11

The Church as an Oasis. 11

Part II. 21

Experiment 1: Get Connected. 21

Experiment 2: Get on Yer Bikes. 26

Experiment 3: Love the Sun. 32

Experiment 4: Put the Lawnmower Away. 38

Experiment 5: Waste Not. 43

Experiment 6: Retrofit for the Future. 49

Experiment 7: Onward to the March. 55

Experiment 8: A Pilgrimaging People. 60

Experiment 9: Graduate to Citizen Science. 65

Experiment 10: Give Up Yer Auld Poisons. 71

Experiment 11: Open Up to the Community. 77

Experiment 12: Sharing Is Caring. 82

Experiment 13: Books Are My (Reusable) Bag. 87

Experiment 14: Tiny Forests. 92

Experiment 15: Digital Footprints. 97

Experiment 16: Unpave Paradise. 102

Experiment 17: Seasonal Veg(etarianism). 108

 

Experiment 18: Advent Conspiracy. 113

Experiment 19: Money Makes the World Go Round. 118

Experiment 20: Worship through an Environmental Lens. 124

Next Steps. 129

Über Autor(innen)

Murphy, Ciara
Ciara Murphy is Environmental Policy Advocate with the Jesuit Centre for Faith & Justice. She holds a BSc. in Environmental Biology and a PhD. in Environmental Microbiology.  She is an influential figure in Irish environmental activism through her work at JCFJ and Stop Climate Chaos and a published author on the particularities of faith and social activism in Ireland.

Hargaden, Kevin
Kevin Hargaden is a Social Theologian and Director at the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice. He holds degrees in Computer Science, Sociology, and Theology and completed his PhD in Theological Ethics at the University of Aberdeen. Previous publications include  Theological Ethics in a Neoliberal Age (Cascade, 2018).

Dr Kevin Hargaden is the Director and Social Theologian of the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice. Dr Ciara Murphy is the Environmental Justice Advocate of the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice.