{"title":"The search for enchantment in times of climate change: Religious or spiritual responses to climate crisis","authors":"Ive Brissman","doi":"10.1111/dial.12836","DOIUrl":"10.1111/dial.12836","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Public discourse and political climate policymaking are based on scientific reports and propose technological solutions to solve the crisis, primarily by changing fossil fuels to renewable energy. Rather than questioning growth and the overuse of natural resources—which has been at the core of green concern for decades—green growth is the motor in an economy that aims for continuous economic spin, driven by new technological innovations that will enable us to go on as before, simply by replacing energy sources. It is no surprise that in such a discourse, the alternative voices—such as religious or spiritual responses—are left out, but to go from that and conclude that no such voices exist would be to rush to conclusions. I suggest that if we want to search for enchantment in times of climate change, we must look elsewhere. Searching for these voices means leaving the discourse framed by scientific rationalistic measurements because we can find an enchanted alter-tale beyond this disenchanted tale. In this article, I account for voices from my field and answer the question: What motivates people to turn to spirituality in times of climate change?</p>","PeriodicalId":42769,"journal":{"name":"Dialog-A Journal of Theology","volume":"62 4","pages":"326-334"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/dial.12836","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139180777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Too little, too late? On religion and climate change response","authors":"Arnfríður Guðmundsdóttir, Jan-Olav Henriksen","doi":"10.1111/dial.12835","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/dial.12835","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42769,"journal":{"name":"Dialog-A Journal of Theology","volume":"62 4","pages":"295-296"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143249196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gift and stewardship: Two ambiguous concepts in the religious discourse on nature","authors":"Jan-Olav Henriksen","doi":"10.1111/dial.12834","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/dial.12834","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Among the misleading conceptions that may prevent adequate action to mitigate the consequences of climate change are two predominant views: the understandings of nature as a gift and of humans as stewards of creation. This article discusses these conceptions critically before suggesting alternative ways to understand humanity's place in and activity with nature. The constructive proposals at the end are based on insights from philosopher G.W.F. Hegel on the need to see ourselves as part of a unity with nature, and theologian I.U. Dalferth, who provides a basis for another type of sensitivity for nature that is not based merely in human activity, but also in the need for passivity and the recognition of our finitude.</p>","PeriodicalId":42769,"journal":{"name":"Dialog-A Journal of Theology","volume":"62 4","pages":"317-325"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/dial.12834","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143248757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Theology for the future. The enduring promise of Wolfhart Pannenberg By Andrew Hollingsworth (Ed.), Maryland: Lexington. 2021","authors":"Johanne Stubbe Teglbjærg Kristensen","doi":"10.1111/dial.12833","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/dial.12833","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42769,"journal":{"name":"Dialog-A Journal of Theology","volume":"62 4","pages":"361-363"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143248758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How to define climate justice","authors":"Atle Ottesen Søvik","doi":"10.1111/dial.12831","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/dial.12831","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The article argues that we need a concrete, simple, well-justified, and global concept for climate justice, and then suggests such a concept. It starts with the abstract idea that nobody should use more than what provides others, both those living now and in the future, with the same opportunity to live on a sustainable planet. This idea is then made concrete by the use of the concept of a <i>global hectare</i>, which is further transformed into the currency of <i>climate dollars</i> in order to establish a clear understanding of what constitutes fair and sustainable behavior. The suggestion is defended against a long list of objections.</p>","PeriodicalId":42769,"journal":{"name":"Dialog-A Journal of Theology","volume":"62 4","pages":"297-308"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/dial.12831","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143248759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Indecent eco-theology: A case for practice-oriented eco-theology","authors":"Margrethe Kamille Birkler","doi":"10.1111/dial.12832","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/dial.12832","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this article, I propose that eco-theology should become indecent. Eco-theology has a lot to learn from Marcella Althaus-Reid's indecent theology and its orientation towards practice and warning against formalizing and intellectualizing theology within the universities’ walls. This focus on how we act in the world and then thereafter on how we understand the world, ourselves, and God can be advantageous for eco-theology as it tackles the very concrete reality of the climate crisis. In indecent theology, practice guides and corrects perception. After an introduction to Althaus-Reid's indecent theology and its relevance to the mobilization of religious communities in the climate crisis, I exemplify perception-oriented eco-theology with Sallie McFague's eco-theology and ask where a practice-oriented indecent eco-theology can find inspiration. I then offer a look into what an indecent eco-theology might look like and mention eco-friendly practices found in various religious communities.</p>","PeriodicalId":42769,"journal":{"name":"Dialog-A Journal of Theology","volume":"62 4","pages":"309-316"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143248404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cutting the roots or transforming them? Luther and mysticism after 1522","authors":"Volker Leppin","doi":"10.1111/dial.12827","DOIUrl":"10.1111/dial.12827","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The paper argues that the image of Luther cutting his mystical roots when he became a reformer draws more from a concept of orthodox or even liberal Lutheranism than from Luther himself. It shows that Luther and Karlstadt did not divide about the question of following mysticism or not, but about the way mysticism was shaped theologically. For Luther, after his debate with Karlstadt, mysticism was always based on the Word. He also developed a sacramental mysticism, with the Eucharist at its core. One might say, thus, that Luther's mysticism shaped the central aspects of Lutheran ecclesiology.</p>","PeriodicalId":42769,"journal":{"name":"Dialog-A Journal of Theology","volume":"62 4","pages":"335-343"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135340422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Alister E. McGrath and China: Toward a Chinese theology and science on transhumanism for the third millennium","authors":"Jacob Chengwei Feng","doi":"10.1111/dial.12830","DOIUrl":"10.1111/dial.12830","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In the past three decades, Alister E. McGrath's popularity has been constantly on the rise in China. More than 20 of his books have been translated into Chinese. To the Chinese intellectual mind, the most fascinating among McGrath's works are his writings on theology and science. This is not surprising due to China's ambitions to achieve scientific and technological dominance by boosting creativity. However, such a daunting task faces insurmountable difficulties due to a prevailing lack of innovation, which might contribute to the rising interest in McGrath's work on science and theology. Due to the dominant political ideology in China, theology is by and large put aside, if not marginalized. This essay suggests that the wide-scale reception of McGrath's works by Chinese academia and churches not only opens a door for the public square to change their attitude toward Christian theology, but also challenges Chinese theology to contextualize McGrath's scientific theology on Chinese soil and to engage Chinese worldview with its pragmatic epistemology. This paper seeks to adapt McGrath's scientific theology on the topic of transhumanism, which has received increasing scholarly attention from the perspective of traditional Chinese philosophies and religions, such as Confucianism and Daoism. Unfortunately, Chinese theology has largely failed to grasp the opportunity to offer any significant constructive proposal to this interdisciplinary discussion. This paper argues that a Chinese theology of science built on a sympathetic and critical engagement with McGrath's scientific theology has a rich potential to dialogue with modern sciences and traditional Chinese philosophies and religions on transhumanism. Such constructive theology not only serves as a conversation partner, but also provides a theological critique to the prevalent scientism and humanism in China.</p>","PeriodicalId":42769,"journal":{"name":"Dialog-A Journal of Theology","volume":"62 4","pages":"352-359"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135821157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Planet You Inherit: Letters to my grandchildren when uncertainty's a sure thing By Larry L. Rasmussen. Minneapolis: Broadleaf Books, 2022. 213 pages.","authors":"Janet L. Parker","doi":"10.1111/dial.12828","DOIUrl":"10.1111/dial.12828","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42769,"journal":{"name":"Dialog-A Journal of Theology","volume":"62 4","pages":"360-361"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135221362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Literacy of religious hatred","authors":"Jakob Wirén","doi":"10.1111/dial.12826","DOIUrl":"10.1111/dial.12826","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42769,"journal":{"name":"Dialog-A Journal of Theology","volume":"62 4","pages":"293-294"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135779722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}