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Workshop on how to speak about climate change in the church
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- 1. Communicating for Change Talking about Climate Change in Church Enough! Being God’s people in a 1 captivated world
- 2. Outcomes Plan a talk/sermon on climate change – Audience – Key issues – Narrative – Science & theology resources – Change Enough! Being God’s people in a 2 captivated world
- 3. Selling the message What How Why Enough! Being God’s people in a 3 captivated world
- 4. Identifying our Audience Acceptance Concerns/frames Science literacy Socio-economic Age Theology/Tradition Other??? Enough! Being God’s people in a 4 captivated world
- 5. On Belief Nature Nature capricious perverse/tolerant African Soldiers & farmer civil servants Self made Oil barons NGOs Nature Nature benign ephemeral From Mark Maslin, 2004: Global Warming: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press Enough! Being God’s people in a 5 captivated world
- 6. Barriers Jargon, explaining science Tribalism, e.g. Bolt fans Authority – who do we believe? Dualism – doesn’t matter as it will all end Hopelessness – what can I do? Apathy – what’s it got to do with me? Psychological distance – not here, not now, not me Enough! Being God’s people in a 6 captivated world
- 7. Frames Mostly natural Market failure Technology hazard Global injustice Overconsumption Tipping points http://mikehulme.org/ Enough! Being God’s people in a 7 captivated world
- 8. Presenting Science KISS – but not patronising Visuals – graphs well explained Bringing in the expert – resources Deal with misconceptions – DANGER! Acknowledge uncertainties Stress well established ideas Multiple lines of evidence I’ll get back to you Enough! Being God’s people in a 8 captivated world
- 9. Enough! Being God’s people in a 9 captivated world
- 10. Narrative – starting with you Enough! Being God’s people in a 10 captivated world
- 11. Narrative - impacts Enough! Being God’s people in a 11 captivated world
- 12. Theology Creational monotheism – Not ‘green’ but biblical – Combating evangelical dualism Gospel-creation connection – Evangelism & creation care – Holism Justice-creation connection – Caring for poor – Intergenerational Enough! Being God’s people in a 12 captivated world
- 13. Key Passages Gen 1 – cosmic temple Gen 2 – gardeners by appointment Ps 104 – God of biodiversity Rm 8 – groaning creation 1 Cor 15 – resurrection theology 2 Peter 3 – refinement not destruction Jeremiah 29:6-8 – living in exile Good Samaritan – neighbours in a globalised atmosphere & economy Others….. Enough! Being God’s people in a 13 captivated world
- 14. Moving our Listeners Guilt paralyses but hope energises Personalise Alternate polis – beyond left & right Virtues – prayer, patience, simplicity Eschatology – appealing to hope Evangelism & Ecclesiology – being missional Enough! Being God’s people in a 14 captivated world
- 15. Science Resources Enough! Being God’s people in a 15 captivated world
- 16. Bookshelf 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 Enough! Being God’s people in a 16 captivated world
- 17. Enough! Being God’s people in a 17 captivated world