In our best moments, Friends have been in the middle of the action around the social justice issues of each time period, discerning to the best of their abilities the direction the Inward Light leads and speaking truth to power. In our own time, climate justice can no longer be ignored if we want to have a healthy planet to live on and if we want to participate in the heart of the justice movements of the twenty-first century.To work on climate justice requires Quakers in the United States to revisit the practices and history of the Religious Society of Friends, recognizing the ways we have been complicit in unjust land acquisition, natural resource depletion, the intersecting injustices surrounding environmental racism, classism, and gender disparities, and the impacts of globalization. This book offers a series of meditations on the Quaker ecology, both internally in our denomination as well as in our connections to the world around us. It forms an invitation to participate in an Eco-Reformation, altering the trajectory of our Society through re-membering our history and reimagining our future as participants in the community of all life.

A Quaker Ecology: Meditations on the Future of Friends

Religion & Spirituality

Bock, Cherice

Christian Books & Bibles

Barclay Press

From the Introduction: “Perhaps the Quaker tradition’s activist tactics coupled with contemplative spirituality could prove a useful offering as future Friends and others seek ways to engage in the work of personal and societal transformation.” About This Collection: In this unprecedented gathering of essays on ecology, creation care, and sustainability, over two dozen Quaker authors and scholars address some of the most pressing concerns of our day. Beginning with Quaker themes historically, essays also move toward developing a Quaker ecotheology, discuss Quaker approaches to the environment within academic disciplines, and share stories of sustainability—both individually and organizationally. As a disciplinary contribution to the world from the Friends Association for Higher Education, this book not only reports on ecotheology in action, it also contributes to its furtherance with the discussion questions at the end of each section and an expansive bibliography. An excellent resource for study groups or the classroom, readers concerned about the environment, climate change, and the role of people of faith in caring for the planet will find this volume a must-read. Critical Acclaim for this Volume: “This is the richest resource on Quakerism and creation care to date! Rooted in deep spirituality and practical experience, the chapters canvas the topic from history to theology, from academics to activism. I have never seen the case for a distinctively Quaker call to stewardship presented with this breadth and force before.” ― Philip Clayton, Ingram Professor of Theology at the Claremont School of Theology and author of Adventures in the Spirit “On page two of George Fox's Journal, he talked about the three great loves of our religion: love of God, love of neighbor, and love of God’s good earth. This remarkable collection speaks to all three loves in the Quaker past, present, and future. I was inspired and moved by the insights, wisdom, and faithfulness evidenced in this book.” — Steve Chase, Manager of Academic Initiatives at the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict and author of Letters to a Fellow Seeker About the Editors: Cherice Bock teaches in the Creation Care Program at Portland Seminary of George Fox University and served as visiting professor of environmental studies at the Oregon Extension in 2018. Stephen Potthoff serves as associate professor of religion and philosophy at Wilmington College in Ohio. Contributors: Rebecca Artinian-Kaiser Cherice Bock (editor) Mike Heller Douglas J. Burks Jean Mulhern Cathy Pitzer Christy Randazzo Jon R. Kershner S. Chagala Ngesa Lonnie Valentine Laurel Kearns Stephen Potthoff (editor) James W. Hood Craig Goodworth Robert Howell Sara Jolena Wolcott Donald A. Smith Kyle Dell Marlene McCauley Gail Webster Shelley Tanenbaum Walter Hjelt Sullivan Judy Lumb Susanna Mattingly April Mays Emily Wirzba Emmett Witkovsky-Eldred

Quakers, Creation Care, and Sustainability: Quakers and the Disciplines: Volume 6

Randazzo, Christy

Potthoff, Stephen

Artinian-Kaiser, Rebecca

Heller, Mike

Burks, Douglas J.

Mulhern, Jean

Pitzer, Cathy

Kershner, Jon R.

Full Media Services

As the community of life on this planet experiences the anthropogenic climate crisis, what tools from faith traditions can help us meet the coming challenges? By expanding the metaphor of light within the Christian and Quaker traditions to include light's role in ecosystems, this project develops an ecotheology of light that aims to answer this question. Cherice Bock and Christy Randazzo draw on their contexts in the Religious Society of Friends, placing the Quaker Inward Light in dialogue with the Bible, and light in Eastern Orthodox, ecological, and interdependence theologies. The Quaker ecotheology of light developed argues that Light is a vitally important and mutually translatable metaphor providing a common language that can aid humanity, reinterpreting traditions to meet this moment with spiritual grounding to transition to a just and sustainable future for the Earth, our common home. Bock and Randazzo connect this ecotheology of light with implications for Friends testimonies.

Quakers, Ecology and the Light (Quaker Studies)

History

World

Brill Academic Pub

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