All Climate change articles
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Shows#122 Mirjam Schilling: Why did God create mosquitoes?
Virologist and theologian Dr Mirjam Schilling answers questions asked by a live audience at Holy Trinity Church, Aylesbury. This show was recorded in partnership with Aylesbury Vale Youth For Christ.
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ArticleShould Christians break the law? Civil disobedience, climate protest and heavy-handed policing
Radical climate activists have been handed lengthy jail sentences over peaceful, but disruptive, protests against fossil fuels. As discussed in a recent episode of the Matters of Life and Death podcast, journalist Tim Wyatt asks whether Christians be joining the barricades and take part in civil disobedience, or is breaking the law – even for a good cause – a red line we must not cross?
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ShowsUnapologetic #118 James Emery White: Is Christ irrelevant in a post-Christian culture?
What are the marks of a post-Christian culture and why is this significant? How do we engage in apologetics in this context? Are young people disinterested in religion or are we just attempting to answer questions they’re not asking? Who are the “nones” and why are they on the rise? Dr James Emery White, founding and senior pastor of Mecklenburg Community Church and author of numerous books including The Rise of the Nones, shares his thoughts.
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ArticleProgressive Brian McLaren vs evangelicals: is there really such a big divide?
Journalist Heather Tomlinson explores a recent Unbelievable? conversation, unpacking some of McLaren’s theology and summarising a number of other voices on these key issues
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ArticleQuestioning climate anxiety
Journalist Heather Tomlinson explores a recent Unbelievable? conversation discussing climate change and summarises a number of other voices on the topic
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ShowsShould Christians break the law? Civil disobedience, climate protest and heavy-handed policing
A landmark court case in the UK recently saw five radical climate activists jailed for up to five years for their role in organising the blocking of a major motorway to protest against fossil fuels.
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ShowsUnapologetic #114: Joe Boot: Resurrection, miracles and climate change
Is there any proof for the resurrection of Jesus? Are miracles a genuine possibility? How should we respond to global injustice and environmental breakdown? What practical ways can we use apologetics in everyday situations? We hear from Rev Dr Joe Boot, founder and president of the Ezra Institute for Contemporary Christianity. This interview was recorded in front of a live audience at Holy Trinity Church, Aylesbury in partnership with Aylesbury Vale Youth For Christ.
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ArticleHow churches can embrace science: insights from scientist-Bishop Richard Cheetham
Former Bishop Richard Cheetham, with a background in physics and theology, argues for a harmonious relationship between science and faith. Discover how churches can engage with scientific advancements to enrich their ministry.
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ShowsEnergy abundance: Is the coming solar power revolution a blessing from God?
Even sober-minded experts are getting excited about solar power. Respectable estimates suggest the price of energy derived from sunlight will continue to drop spectacularly as the number of panels installed worldwide continues to explode exponentially.
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #224 Is the world doomed? Global justice and climate change (Classic)
Tom answers questions from listeners on whether the world is getting better or worse, on poverty and economic justice, and what climate change activism means for the theology of new creation.
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ShowsMatters of Life & Death: Climate anxiety — ’Delay means death’, Extinction Rebellion, throwing pebbles into God’s river, and rediscovering lament
In this episode we consider the communication and changing narratives around climate change, why an unscientific hyper-fatalism has set in with many activists, and what impact this might be having on younger generations terrified humanity itself is going extinct.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Optimism or extinction? What’s the future of humanity? John Hands & Perry Marshall
Secular scientist and academic John Hands has been described as a ‘polymath’. His 2016 book Cosmosapiens received wide praise for its analysis of human evolution since the beginning of the universe. His new book ‘The Future of Humankind’ looks ahead to what lies in store for homosapiens.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Where does order in nature and the cosmos come from? Stephen Meyer & Saleem Ali
Prof Saleem Ali of the University of Delaware is author of ‘Earthly Order: How natural laws define human life’ and describes the way order in the universe drives order in human and social settings. He engages with Dr Stephen Meyer of the Discovery Institute, whose book ‘The Return of The God Hypothesis’ makes the case that order in nature points to a divine mind.
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ArticleAnd it was very good: creation and humanity
Erik Strandness explores the place of humans on this planet
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ShowsUnbelievable? Can Christianity or Humanism save the planet from climate change?
As COP 27 gets underway Justin is joined by Christian climate campaigner Rachel Mander and Humanist activist Lori Marriott. They agree on the science and what needs to be done but have different views about which worldview provides the better moral foundation for the work of climate change action.
