Category: Ecology
The popular ascription of hurricanes, fires, earthquakes and other environmental events as “Acts of God” raises fundamental questions regarding the relationship between human and divine agency, violence, and the prospects and limits of a scientific understanding of the cosmos. From political ecology to environmental humanities to apocalyptic sciences, political theology engages questions of climate change, environmental ethics, the status of nature, the human, and the creature.
Resources
Bibliography:
- Catherine Keller, Political Theology of the Earth: Our Planetary Emergency and the Struggle for a New Public (2018)
- Bruno Latour, Facing Gaia: Eight Lectures on the New Climactic Regime (2013)
- Willis Jenkins, The Future of Ethics: Sustainability, Social Justice, and Religious Creativity (2013)
- Geoff Mann and Joel Wainwright, A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future (2018)
- Vine Deloria, Jr., God is Red: A Native View of Religion (1973)
Relevant Journal Articles:
- Nicholas Tampio, “Green Allies: Speculative Realism, Evangelical Christianity, and Political Pluralism,” Political Theology 17, no. 6 (2016): 525-539
- Stefan Skrimshire, “Activism for End Times: Millenarian Belief in an Age of Climate Emergency,” Political Theology 20, no. 6 (2019): 518-536
- Elettra Stimilli, “Apocalyptic Time,” Political Theology 21, no. 5 (2020): 391-392
