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Coventry University Job Announcements in study of Science and Religion

Full-Time, Permanent Research Associates, Three-Year Research Assistant, and PhD Studentship Posts in STS/HPS study of Science and Religion.

 

Climate Change, Sustainability, and an Ethics of an Open Future

De Ethica. A Journal of Philosophical, Theological and Applied Ethics

(Volume 1, Issue 1, 2014)

www.de-ethica.com

The first issue of the peer-reviewed Open Access journal De Ethica. A Journal of Philosophical, Theological and Applied Ethics is now available. This issue is devoted to the...

Climate Change Threats To 'The Least Of These' Compel Evangelical Christians To Act

April 5, 2014
By Lynne Peeples
Huffington Post

“Climate change is a really bad reason to get divorced.”

Katharine Hayhoe, a leading climate scientist, recalled the trial she and her husband Andrew, an evangelical Christian pastor, faced when they discovered they weren’t on the same page about global warming.

Evangelicals Organize 'Day of Prayer,' Call for Action on Climate Change

Young Evangelicals for Climate Action is highlighting the effects of global warming.

By Alan Neuhauser
USA Today
April 4, 2014

Hundreds of evangelical Christians gathered across the country Thursday for a “Day of Prayer and Action” on climate change.

Whatever Happened to Deep Ecology? (Call for Submissions: 30th Anniversary of the Trumpeter)

Whatever Happened to Deep Ecology? 

Past, Present, and Future

An invitation for papers on the occasion of 30th anniversary of The Trumpeter

A changing climate creates pervasive risks but opportunities exist for effective responses

March 31, 2014
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Press Release

Responses will face challenges with high warming of the climate

Former archbishop of Canterbury reveals global climate change fears

Rowan Williams blames western lifestyle for ‘pushing environment towards crisis’ ahead of IPCC report

The Guardian
March 30, 2014

Rowan Williams has spoken of his fears for the global climate, saying the winter flooding was a portent of what is to come.

Writing...

New Theology Review

New Theology Review
Vol 26, No 2 (2014)

http://newtheologyreview.org/index.php/ntr/issue/view/69

 

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Editorial

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Indonesia's fatwa shows religious duty can be a route to sustainable behaviour

The edict on wildlife trafficking is leading secular organisations to recognise that environmentalism is embedded in most scripture

By Kathryn Werntz
The Guardian
March 24, 2014

Religion and Conservation Do Mix

March 16, 2014
By Bradnee Chambers  
Inter Press Service News Agency

Bradnee Chambers, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Environment Programme’s Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals, believes wildlife conservation is a goal that religions must take on.

BONN - They say religion doesn’t mix well with certain subjects, but...

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