Spiritual Life on a Burning Planet: A Christian Response to Climate Change

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Spiritual Life on a Burning Planet draws on scientific research in developing religious perspectives on anthropogenic climate change. Its four chapters are entitled
Tolling Bells,

Burning Planet,

Eschatology in the Anthropocene,
and
The Downward Passage.

Tolling Bells
introduces the topic of climate change and several of its emotional and biblical implications.
Burning Planet
provides an overview of the science of climate change and surveys the effects of global warming on human life later this century. The essays in
Eschatology in the Anthropocene
develop theological interpretations of climate change and examine its moral, spiritual, social, and psychological dimensions.
The Downward Passage
focuses on Christ’s descent, the harrowing of hell, understood as a point of doctrine and an exemplary image of forthcoming challenges as we advance more deeply into the Anthropocene. A spiritual path suited to the Anthropocene is outlined. Its watchword is penthos, a traditional practice with sufficient power to convey a person through the grief and mourning that represent a true grasp of our having forced the earth into a new geological epoch.