Reviews

A New Climate for Theology: God, the World, and Global Warming by Sallie McFague

applegnreads's review

4.0

I had to skim the last half of this to get it back to the library before I left home, but this was worth it even for that much. In short, why is what we believe failing to impact how we act based on what we know? Considering it's already old, it's scary how relevant it still is.

megan_carder's review

Great book! Christian argument for a creation based, climate friendly theology. Introduces the question: how would you live if the world was the literal body of God?

lectoribenevolo's review

4.0

Good exploration of how McFague's project of metaphorical theology and concept of the world as "God's body" applies to ecological problems. A bit thin on the critical political and social edge of her program, though. For someone who decries individualism, her picture of how to motivate change is still rather individualistic: change people's worldviews and you will change how they act. There is some truth to that, but people also have their worldviews and motivations forged in material relationships of production. The challenge is how to change those relationships in a "green" way.