Love in a Time of Climate Change

We have not yet fully reckoned with the strength and depth of love required of us in this time of climate crisis and threadbare hope. Sharon Delgado skillfully brings the riches of the Wesleyan tradition to bear on this reckoning, explaining in clear and patient prose how Christians and all people of good conscience must hear the groans of creation and the cries of vulnerable people as the same cry. How long till our compassion and sense of justice finally awaken? The time is now, and now more than ever, we need the urgent call in this book. --Debra Rienstra, author of Refugia Faith: Seeking Hidden Shelters, Ordinary Wonders, and the Healing of the Earth I am so grateful for thoughtful, well-informed spiritual leaders like Sharon Delgado who are not only educating people but recruiting people for wise, just, and compassionate action in our climate-changed world. --Brian D. McLaren, author of Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart Having worked alongside Rev. Sharon Delgado as a colleague and friend, I know her to be a person of deep practice and a reflective, hopeful theologian. In this revised edition of Love in a Time of Climate Change, she continues the vital discussion set out previously: ""How do we hold onto love as heat intensifies, injustice deepens, and harm multiplies on earth?"" Delgado's revision moves us forward into this next decade, inviting discernment for a time such as this. In so doing, she is characteristically bold in naming inequity, holding fast to faith, lifting up the gospel, and calling us to action while never letting go of God's love above all else. --Rev. Richenda Fairhurst, chair of Creation Justice Committee of Oregon Interfaith Power and Light; cofounder and advisor to United Methodist conference creation care teams in Oregon, Idaho, and Washington state Love in a Time of Climate Change is an insightful Wesleyan exploration of climate change. I used the first edition on numerous occasions in both undergraduate and seminary courses, and my students found it engaging and challenging. It was also very well received when I led a United Methodist Church book study group. The revised version updates the scientific facts and current conversations and calls readers to a journey of faith that includes action for climate justice. --Mark Davies, Wimberly Professor of Social and Ecological Ethics and director of World House Institute at Oklahoma City University Rooted in the Sharon's vast climate justice advocacy and ministry work, Love in a Time of Climate Change links faith and action demanding radical transformation and systemic change. Centering marginalized voices--including women, communities in the Global South, and Indigenous communities--it calls for healing our relationship with nature and pursuing justice as sacred work. It is a beautiful and inspiring read in these times where hope, love, and action are much needed. --Rooted in the Sharon's vast climate justice advocacy and ministry work, Love in a Time of Climate Change links faith and action demanding radical transformation and systemic change. Centering marginalized voices--including women, communities in the Global South, and Indigenous communities--it calls for healing our relationship with nature and pursuing justice as sacred work. It is a beautiful and inspiring read in these times where hope, love, and action are much needed. Climate change is the greatest challenge we've yet faced as a civilization. Meeting that challenge will require that we use both our heads and our hearts. There are many primers that target the former, but fewer that target the latter. And that is why Love in a Time of Climate Change proves such essential reading. --Michael E. Mann, director of the Penn State Earth System Science Center and author of Our Fragile Moment: How Lessons from Earth's Past Can Help Us Survive the Climate Crisis