Resources

Environmental issues affect the stability and integrity of God’s earth. This conference was designed to challenge and equip the church for its mission to care and protect the world entrusted to us. Our aim was to respond to stories of hope that will equip and inspire us, with delegates able to contribute and participate by discussing these in their pre-selected conference stream, leading to ideas and statements to be presented in plenary session.

The conference was not a series of lectures outlining the basic problems facing us. Instead, we hoped that participants would come already well informed about the major issues and able to participate actively in their discussion stream. These resources were designed to help them in their preparation, where needed and are as relevant now, now that the conference is over, as before:

Key Texts:

Robert S. White, ed. (2009) Creation in Crisis: Christian Perspectives on Sustainability SPCK

Margot R.Hodson & Martin J. Hodson (2015) A Christian Guide to Environmental Issues BRF

Richard Bauckham (2010) The Bible and Ecology: Rediscovering the Community of Creation DLT Books

Martin J. Hodson & Margot R. Hodson (2008) Cherishing the Earth: How to care for God's Creation Monarch Books

Bishop James Jones (2003) Jesus and the Earth SPCK

Ruth Valerio (2008) L is for Lifestyle: Christian Living that Doesn't Cost the Earth IVP

Grove Booklets:

E177 Martin & Margot Hodson (2015) The Ethics of Climate Scepticism

E169 Paul Ede (2013) Urban Eco-Mission: Healing the Land in the Post-industrial City

E165 Robert D Sluka (2012) Hope for the Ocean: Marine Conservation, Poverty Alleviation and Blessing for the Nations

E161 Margot R Hodson (2011) Uncovering Isaiah's Environmental Ethics

E149 Stella Simiyu & Peter Harris (2008) Caring for Creation: Part of our Gospel Calling?

E148 Iain Provan (2008) Tenants in God's Land: Earth-keeping and People-keeping in the Old Testament

E126 Peter S Heslam (2002) Globalization: Unravelling the New Capitalism

B50 Hilary Marlow (2008) The Earth is the Lord's: A Biblical Response to Environmental Issues

B11 N T Wright (1999) New Heavens, New Earth: The Biblical Picture of the Christian Hope

Other recommended titles:

Atkinson, Bishop David (2015) Climate Change and the Gospel Download here

Berry, R.J., ed. (2000) The Care of Creation IVP

Berry, R.J. (2011) Ecology and the Environment Templeton Press

Bookless, Dave (2008) Planetwise IVP

Bookless, Dave (2010) God doesn't do waste IVP

Bookless, Dave (2014) 'Let everything that has breath praise the Lord' http://www.jubilee-centre.org/bible-and-diversity/

Houghton, Sir John (2009) Why care for the environment Faraday paper No. 5 (4 pages downloadable from http://www.faraday.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/resources/Faraday%20Papers/Faraday%20Paper%205%20Houghton EN.pdf )

Houghton, Sir John (2015) Global Warming: The Complete Briefing Fifth Edition Cambridge University Press

Hulme, Mike (2009) Why we disagree about Climate Change: Understanding Controversy, Inaction and Opportunity Cambridge University Press

Jackson, Tim (2009) Prosperity without Growth Routledge

Lester, Eloise E., ed. (1975) Ecology and Christian Responsibility The Community of the Cross of Nails, Coventry Cathedral

Mackay, David J.C. (2009) Sustainable Energy - without the Hot Air UIT Cambridge Ltd. (http://www.withouthotair.com)

Moo, Jonathan & White, Robert (2013) Hope in an Age of Despair: the gospel and the future of the earth IVP

Northcott, Michael S. (2007) A Moral Climate: the ethics of global warming DLT Books

Rosenzweig, Michael L. (2003) Win-Win Ecology Oxford University Press

Spencer, Nick & White, Robert (2007) Christianity, Climate Change and Sustainable Living SPCK

Stuart, Tristram (2009) Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal Penguin

Valerio, Ruth (2008) Environment CWR

Reconciliation Ecology

Reconciliation Ecology (Rosenzweig, 2003) seeks ways to share our habitats deliberately with other species as a way of helping to avoid impending mass extinction.

Exhibition Stands

A Rocha (UK) http://arocha.org.uk/

A Rocha UK: EcoCongregations http://arocha.org.uk

The Arthur Rank Centre http://www.arthurrankcentre.org.uk/

Chase Africa http://www.chaseafrica.org.uk/

Christian Aid www.christianaid.org.uk

Christians in Science http://www.cis.org.uk/

Climate Stewards http://climatestewards.org/

The Farming Community Network http://www.fcn.org.uk/

Green Christian http://www.greenchristian.org.uk/

Hope for the Future http://www.hftf.org.uk/

The John Ray Initiative http://www.jri.org.uk/resources/