This webinar will be an opportunity to engage with creation and the climate crisis – it will explore the role of the Bible in Christian understandings of creation, and engage with global theologies, in order to offer critical perspectives on creation and climate justice.

Dr Aruna Gnanadason will provide an eco-feminist theological perspective that will look to the context of India and engage with narratives of those directly impacted by climate change. Dr Jione Havea will contemplate the ways in which the Bible has influenced our relationship with creation, taking into consideration the impact of climate injustice in the Pacific, and the theologies of the Pasifika. The webinar will be hosted by Prof Robert Song, Professor of Theological Ethics in the Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University, who has written extensively on Christian ethics and doctrine.

Questions to contemplate…

• How might interpretations of Scripture influence how Christian communities relate to Creation?
• Can the Bible help us in the battle for climate justice?
• How have women’s bodies been impacted by the climate crisis and what insights do eco-feminist perspectives offer to our understanding of Creation?
• What are the theological implications of climate change?

 Please note that a BSL Interpreter will be present at this event

If you have any questions about the webinar, please get in touch with Dr Eve Parker eve.r.parker@durham.ac.uk