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Bibliographic Brief : Library Resources on Climate Change and the Christian Faith 

Some background reading!

Finding articles in Luther's databases

The ATLA Religion Database® is an excellent source for scholarly journal articles, book reviews, and essays in all fields of religion. Coverage is from 1949. Many articles are available in full text. Try searches for the following terms as "subjects":

  • Climatic changes
  • Environmentalism
  • Environmental ethics or Environmental justice
  • Ecology--Religious aspects
  • Ecotheology
  • Human beings--Relation to nature
  • Nature--Religious aspects
  • Sustainable development

Academic Search Premier is an index to academic journals in the humanities, history, psychology, sociology, religion and philosophy. Many articles are available in full text. Try searches for the following terms as "subjects":

  • Earth
  • Ecotheology
  • Environmentalism (add "Religious aspects")
  • Christianity & politics
  • Religion & ethics

 

Recent Books on Climate Change or Ecotheology at Luther Library (**indicates EBOOK)

Select Articles and Websites on Climate Change and Christianity

Sojourners Magazine, and other recent articles on Climate Change and Christianity

Also see our LibGuide, Joseph Sittler and Ecotheology  Also look for books and articles by these scholars related to ecotheology or ecology or environmental ethics:  Jurgen Moltmann, Teilhard de ChardinJacques EllulAlan PadgettLeah SchadeWendell BerryNoah Toly, Joseph Sittler

Sources for Ecotheology from Faith+Lead at Luther Seminary, for example this article on sustainable agriculture

To fight climate despair, this Christian ecologist says science isn’t enough--Washington Post, April 2022 article

Religion and Views on Climate and Energy Issues--Pew Research Center

Could the Climate Crisis Make Religion Even Crazier? by Russell Moore, CT mag, July 2022

 

Definitions

**Climate Change vs Global Warming:  "It is worthwhile to mention that global warming is distinct from climate change. Climate change and global warming are not the same issues. According to NASA, climate change, “encompasses global warming, but refers to the broader range of changes that are happening to our planet, including rising sea levels; shrinking mountain glaciers; accelerating ice melt in Greenland, Antarctica and the Arctic; and shifts in flower/plant blooming times....Likewise, NASA describes global warming as “the long-term heating of the Earth’s climate system observed since the pre-industrial period (between 1850 and 1900) due to human activities, primarily fossil fuel burning, which increases heat-trapping greenhouse gas levels in the Earth’s atmosphere.”--CT Magazine (April 2024)