Hope for Eco-Activists: Discovering an Environmental Faith

Nov 2012—Jan 2013 Issue Table of Contents

Opening Editorials

• “Environmental Hope: A Better Approach for a Tougher Climate” by Patrick David Heery
• “Sacred Healing for Grieving Earth-Justice Seekers” by Diane Waddell

Eco-Spirituality

• “A Sacramental Universe” by Larry Rasmussen
• “Eco-Justice is Creation Care: Shifting the Foundations of Eco-Theology to Include Stewardship, Justice, and Spirituality” by Neddy Astudillo
• “The Gospel for the World: A Case for Creation Care” by Nina Voli
• “Growing Holiness: Sanctity in Our Gardens and Shabbat Meals” by Janet Madden
• “Finding Your 24/6 Rhythm in a 24/7 World” by Matthew Sleeth
• “Renewing Judaism’s Ancient Environmental Wisdom” by Kevin Kleinman
• “Reimagining the Gospel for Evangelicals in an Environmental Age” by Russ Pierson
• “A Lament for the Earth” by Jessica Abell

Eco-Relationships

• “Earth Walk: A Deep Ecology Perspective and Critique of the Mainstream Environmental Movement” by David Siegenthaler
• “The Nature Quotient: Deep Ecology and Nature Deficit Disorder” by Stan Adamson
• “Ocean: Deep Wonder, Deep Sorrow, Deep Hope” by William Seaman
• “The Beauty and Messiness of Falling in Love with God’s Creation” by Andrew Plocher

Eco-Community

• “What I Crave: To Know Where I Belong—A Short Reflection on Marsh Periwinkles, Young Adults, the Church, and Eco-Justice” by Shantha Ready Alonso
• “Glimpses of Creative Resistance: Eco-Stewards” by Rob Mark
• “Congregational Environmental Communities: How They Happen and Why They Work” by Genny Rowley
• “Ecological Applied Theology: Fertile Ground for Interfaith Growth” by Jessica Abell
• “The GreenFaith Fellowship Experience: Creating Religious Environmental Leaders” by Harold R. Talbot
• “Developing Community Resiliency in Disaster Recovery” by John Robinson

Eco-Justice

• “Glimpses of Environmental Justice” by Rebecca Barnes-Davies
• “Environment, Religion, and Race” by Clare Butterfield
• “I am an Eco-Feminist” by Holly Hallman
• “Eco-Justice and the Earth Court” by John Preston
• “Book Review of The Green Zone: The Environmental Costs of Militarism” by Shannan Vance-Ocampo

Eco-Living

• “Words Etched in Ash: The Ethical Dilemma of Invasive Species for a Christian Ecologist” by Jeffrey Reed
• “E.D. Goes P.V.: The Journey to Solar Panels” by Andy Bell
• Video: Capitol Heights Presbyterian Church Installs New Solar Panels

Eco-Art

• “Eco-Feminism: Connectivity and Creativity” by Abby Mohaupt
• “Wetlands Advocacy Art: Southern Louisiana Wildlife Paintings” by Lauren Wright
• “O God, Creator of All Things“—a new hymn by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette
• Three Songs including the new “Water Song” by John Pitney
• “Healing Drums in Coastal Louisiana” by Kristina Peterson
• Photos of “Sacred Silence” by Jane Laping
• “Reuse and Reinvention” photography by Eleanor Bennett
• “On Being a Christian, Earth-Caring Poet in Dark Times” by Nancy Corson Carter
• “Fragile Eloquence” and other creation poems by John Jackson

Eco-Action & Resources

• Eco-Resources: worship, faith statements, links, and recommended readings.
• Eco-Action: eco-justice and sustainability action steps, as well as ministry ideas and recommended faith-based networks.