It was a great surprise and an honour to become president of the JRI, not least because my immediate predecessor was Sir John Houghton, founding chair of the JRI. I well remember Sir John inviting me to become a JRI board member in 2000, during a weekend workshop at St. …
“The New Climate War” is a brilliant, brilliant book and you should all go and buy it and read it! Having said that I am not going to do a “traditional” review (there are many of those appearing at the moment), but rather I will reflect on Michael Mann’s book …
“Yes, we have other pressing problems to solve. And climate change is just one axis in the multidimensional problem that is environmental and societal sustainability. I don’t purport to propose, in this book, the solution to all that ails us as a civilization. I do, however, offer what I see …
JRI is pleased to announce the publication of JRI Briefing Paper number 42, Integrating creation care into mission planning in a post-covid urban setting by Shelly Dennison. This paper explores the positive and negative issues that the Covid-19 pandemic has exposed in urban and suburban communities, and the opportunities which …
There is an urgent need to include teaching on environmental issues in ministerial training and formation. This is the conclusion of a recent ecumenical consultation initiated by Martin and Margot Hodson of The John Ray Initiative, and Dave Bookless of A Rocha. ‘The imperative is both missional and theological,’ says …
Our first edition came out in 2015, and a LOT has changed since then! In this extensively updated 2021 edition, we consider eight key environmental issues: biodiversity, climate change, water, population and consumption, energy, soil, food, and environment and sustainable development. Through ethical reflections, Bible studies on a different biblical …
