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Minnesota Episcopal Environmental
Stewardship Commission), which is
www.env-steward.com
Prairie Climate
Stewardship Network
Presbyterians for Restoring Creation Northern Plains Presbytery
urges you to support climate stewardship by joining the Prairie
Climate Stewardship Network (PCSN), an education and outreach
initiative on climate stewardship. Do so by entering a climate
stewardship covenant which can be found on the
PCSN website (www.prairiestewardship.org).
PCSN offers climate stewardship covenants for
churches/congregations, families, and individuals on its web
page “Covenants and Pledge.” In addition, its web page
“Opportunities” offers suggestions on specifics steps you can
take as a church or household to conserve energy and be more
energy efficient. Take a moment to check out the rest of the
website to learn more about what is being done in our region;
climate stewardship resources; challenges and solutions;
science: global and regional modeling; news: impact and action;
and faith communities in action.
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Bonding Church to Creation Rom. 8:18-25, 31, 38f.
Cosmic Scope of Love Ps. 24; Is. 11:1-9; Jn.
3:17 & 21:9-19
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Creation Texts in Scripture – An Introduction by
John G. Gibbs,
PhD
Overview: Terence E. Fretheim, God
and World in the Old Testament: A Relational Theology of
Creation (Nashville: Abingdon, 2005), xvii & 398 pages
Ellen F. Davis, Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An
Agrarian Reading of the Bible, Foreword by Wendell
Berry (CUP, 2009), xvii and 234 pp.
Brevard S. Childs, Biblical Theology of
the Old and New Testaments (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1993),
745 pp.
Norman Habel (ed.), The Earth Bible in
5 vols.
Genesis: Walter Brueggemann,
Genesis (Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and
Preaching; Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1982), 384 pp.
Conrad Hyers, The Meaning of
Creation: Genesis and Modern Science (John Knox, 1984), 203
pp.
Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and
Theology (3401 Brook Road, Richmond, VA 23230;
email@interpretation.org; 1-800-229-2990); vol. 45/4 (Oct.
’91) on Genesis; vol. 59/4 (Oct. 2005) on “Image of God”
Revelation: M. Eugene Boring,
Revelation (Interpretation commentaries series; John Knox,
1989), 236 pp.
Interpretation, vol. 53/2 (Apr. ’99)
on “Apocalypse 2000”
Barbara R. Rossing, The Rapture Exposed:
The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation (Westview,
2004), and “End Game: Living joyfully in an apocalyptic time,”
The Christian Century, vol. 123/23 (11/14/06), pp. 22-25
[main@christiancentury.org] Rossing challenges ideas re
end-time destruction of earth (such as “Left Behind” series).
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Hugh T. Kerr (ed), Calvin’s Institutes: A
New Compend (Louisville: W/JKP, 1989), 180 pp; Book One,
“God the Creator” (pp. 17-57)
Eberhard Busch, The Great Passion: An
Introduction to Karl Barth’s Theology (Eerdmans, 2004), 302
pp. “The Good Creation – Its Basis and Preservation,” 176-98.
Interpretation, vol. 50/1 (Jan. ’96)
on “Theology and Ecology”
Thomas Berry, The Dream of the Earth
(Sierra Club Books pb, 1990), xv, 247 pp.
Fragomeni & Pawlikowski (eds), The
Ecological Challenge (Liturgical Press, 1994), ix and 140
pp.
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Presbyterians for Restoring Creation at
www.prcweb.org.
PRC Update is quarterly newsletter (PO Box 2855, San Anselmo,
CA 94979).
Church and Society, vol. 94/4
(March/April, 2004) on energy, climate change
Restoring Creation for Ecology and Justice
[A Report Adopted by the 202nd General Assembly
(1990), PC(USA)], 111 pp. 800-524-2612, request
#OGA-90-002.
“Theological Basis for Social Action,” 14
pp.[ACSWP Introduction] at
index.pcusa.org/NXT/gateway.dll/social policy/
“Environmental Justice Covenant Congregation”
sign-up form at: NCC, Room 812, 475 Riverside Drive, NYC, NY
10115 (or in Elkhart, IN at 800-762-0968).
NCC Eco-Justice Working Group at
www.nccecojustice.org.
For Capsules (Eco-Justice News and Views), add to that
address: /capsules.htm.
Web of Creation Ecology Resources at
www.webofcreation.org.
Congregations Caring for Creation at
www.c3mn.net.
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Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
has 4 reports pub. 1-19-06,
www.maweb.org
National Academy of Sciences’ “Free Executive Summary” of
Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Some Key Questions,
42 pp. at
www.nap.edu/catalog/10139.html.
Ecological
Internet’s news source “Climate Ark” at
www.climateark.org/
Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or
Succeed (Viking Penguin, 2005), 575 pp.
Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of
Global Warming and What We Can Do About It (Emmaus,
PA: Rodale, 2006), 328 pp. Book and film present the best
non-sectarian survey for non-specialists of the science of
climate change.
The film “The Great Warming” is limited by the evangelical lens
that it added in its adaptation of the book by Lydia Dotto,
Storm Warning (Doubleday Canada, 2000). For ecumenical
balance see “Web Links” at the film’s website in its section for
“Faith Communities” at:
http://www.thegreatwarming.com/calltoaction/
faithcommunities.html.
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How to reduce
your “ecological footprint:”
www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction
"Energy-Saving Tips” for congregations pub. in 1-7-07 issue of
The Living Church:
www.webofcreation.org
as many suggestions including: “Introduction: Creating a Shared
Moral Vision,” “Green Congregation Program: Buildings and
Grounds” (and a separate “Action Plan”), “Discipleship at Home
and Work: Action Plan,” “Congregational Covenant,” “Creation
Care Starts at Home.”
“Energy and Cost Savings Calculations,”
excellent detailed lists at
www.mnenergychallenge.org/pdf/calculations.pdf
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