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Long Time Coming, Long Time Gone

August 30, 2015

Long Time Coming, Long Time Gone Puyé Cliff dwellings, Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. On the day Pope Francis released his encyclical on the fate of the Earth, I was struggling to climb a near vertical cliff on the Parajito Plateau of northern New Mexico. My fingers gripped tightly to handholds notched into the rocks […]

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Earthcare, Literally Speaking

June 29, 2015

Earthcare, Literally Speaking A version of this essay appeared in the May-June 2015 edition of BeFriending Creation, the newsletter of Quaker Earthcare Witness (QEW), with the title “An Earth Testimony.” In light of the Pope’s climate encyclical, it seems appropriate to share more widely. From the beginning, care for the living Earth and all its creatures has been woven […]

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Beyond the Real Time Catastrophe of Capital

June 28, 2015

Beyond the Real Time Catastrophe of Capital Dystopia Now A Pundit Takes on the Pope: “Dynamists” and “Catastroophists” In a recent column on Pope Francis’ latest encyclical, Laudato Si, the conservative New York Times columnist Ross Douthat says that “After this document, there’s no doubting where Francis stands in the great argument of our time….But,” Douthat elaborates, “I don’t mean […]

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The Delusion of Control

June 25, 2015

The Delusion of Control I’m sure most of my readers have heard at least a little of the hullaballoo surrounding the release of Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si. It’s been entertaining to watch, not least because so many politicians in the United States who like to use Vatican pronouncements as window dressing […]

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How Pope Francis’s climate encyclical is liberating the world

June 24, 2015

How Pope Francis’s climate encyclical is liberating the world In my life there are two things that have the effect of at least somewhat isolating me from others. The first is being a writer on climate change, peak oil, and the economic crises bound up with those modern predicaments. The other is being a Christian […]

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The climate encyclical: hang the pope?

June 19, 2015

The climate encyclical: hang the pope? Image above: an internet site with wild accusations against Pope Francis. That’s, of course, just the work of an isolated crackpot, but, a hundred years ago, Pope Benedict XV was widely accused of “defeatism” and threatened with hanging when he requested to stop the “useless slaughter” of the first […]

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Pope Francis’ Encyclical Is A Sincere Call For Climate Action, Economic Justice

June 19, 2015

Pope Francis’ Encyclical Is A Sincere Call For Climate Action, Economic Justice Pope Francis has released his long awaited encyclical, or teaching document, on climate justice and the environment, and it flies in the face of everything climate deniers stand for. The encyclical is officially called “Laudato Si (Be Praised), On the Care of Our Common Home,” and it […]

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