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Workshop on how to speak about climate change in the church
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Enough! Being God’s people in a captivated world
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CCommunicating for ommunicating for
CChangehange
Talking about Climate Change in
Church
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OOutcomesutcomes
Plan a talk/sermon on climate change– Audience– Key issues– Narrative– Science & theology resources– Change
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WhyWhy
HowHow
WhatWhat
SSelling elling tthe he mmessageessage
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IIdentifying our dentifying our AAudienceudience
Acceptance
Concerns/frames
Science literacy
Socio-economic
Age
Theology/Tradition
Other???
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OOn n BBeliefelief
From Mark Maslin, 2004:Global Warming: A Very ShortIntroduction, Oxford UniversityPress
Naturecapricious
Natureperverse/tolerant
Naturebenign
Natureephemeral
Self madeOil barons
Soldiers &civil servants
NGOs
Africanfarmer
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BBarriersarriersJargon, explaining scienceTribalism, e.g. Bolt fansAuthority – who do we believe?Dualism – doesn’t matter as it will all endHopelessness – what can I do?Apathy – what’s it got to do with me?Psychological distance – not here, not now, not me
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FFramesrames
Mostly natural
Market failure
Technology hazard
Global injustice
Overconsumption
Tipping points
http://mikehulme.org/
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PPresenting resenting SSciencecience
KISS – but not patronisingVisuals – graphs well explainedBringing in the expert – resourcesDeal with misconceptions – DANGER!DANGER!Acknowledge uncertaintiesStress well established ideasMultiple lines of evidenceI’ll get back to you
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Narrative – starting with youNarrative – starting with you
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Narrative - impactsNarrative - impacts
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TTheologyheology
Creational monotheism– Not ‘green’ but biblical– Combating evangelical dualism
Gospel-creation connection– Evangelism & creation care– Holism
Justice-creation connection– Caring for poor– Intergenerational
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KKey ey PPassagesassages
Gen 1 – cosmic templeGen 2 – gardeners by appointmentPs 104 – God of biodiversityRm 8 – groaning creation1 Cor 15 – resurrection theology2 Peter 3 – refinement not destructionJeremiah 29:6-8 – living in exileGood Samaritan – neighbours in a globalised
atmosphere & economyOthers…..
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MMoving our oving our LListenersisteners
Guilt paralyses but hope energises
Personalise
Alternate polis – beyond left & right
Virtues – prayer, patience, simplicity
Eschatology – appealing to hope
Evangelism & Ecclesiology – being missional
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SScience cience RResourcesesources
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BBookshelfookshelf
Science– Global Warming: A Very Short Introduction, Mark
Maslin– The Weather Makers, Tim Flannery (small errors)
Theology– A Moral Climate – Michael Northcott– For the Beauty of the Earth – Bouma-Prediger– The Care of Creation: Focusing Concern and Action –
RJ Berry (Ed)– A Climate for Change – Katherine Hayhoe & Andrew
Farley
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