Book Project

Next Session - Tuesday April 22nd (Note change of date...)

For next time we'll look at Creation and Ecology. The reading for this session is a bit "bitty" with a few pages here and there. I recommend doing the reading according to themes:

1. Violence and the Environment: pp.68-71 (The cry of the earth - 'endangers biodiversity').
2. Theological background: pp.148-151 (from '3.Towards a Theology of NV' - 'in the Garden of Eden to care for it'); 171-173 (Pneumatology - 'nonviolent journey for peace rooted in justice'); 178-180 (The Spirit and Trinitarian God - 'our lives and our Church').
3. The Church: pp. 201-203 (Emerging insights - 'the union for which we long'); pp.245-248 (Hearing the Song of the Earth- 'service and solidarity').
4. Case-studies of NV practice: pp.39-46 (Colombia - 'parties to the conflict').

Questions to consider:

• How do you understand environmental violence? How does this relate to theology and the role of the Church?
• What do theologies of creation tell us about violence and nonviolence?
• What NV practices and techniques are used in the case-studies to combat environmental violence? How do these relate to theological understandings of NV?

The new link for 7pm on April 22 is

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82540187642?pwd=TYSeUEPrxGOGCPuKyAb7Qs8ioBapaY.1