Words for a Dying World by Hannah Malcolm

Words for a Dying World by Hannah Malcolm

How do we talk about climate grief? Hannah Malcolm brings together voices from a multiplicity of different perspectives and backgrounds to reflect upon what a theology of climate grief looks like in their own context - from small island countries to inner-city suburbs, from refugees to those in wealthy western contexts.

"These essays from the global church express the grief of many a living descent into hellBut what struck me most, was to see grief without the wallowing in self-pity of “despair narratives” that can mar environmental grief work in privileged Western settings. How is this so? What is distinctive about this book? Partly, it is the community and politically grounded vantage point of many of the contributors from the South. Mainly, it is theological depth. As the editor concludes: “At the end of a book about death I want to talk about resurrection, and not just my own, but the resurrection of all things.” Here is a spiritual vision that descends into hell but sees straight through it. And our task? To birth that vision into immanence. “Thy community come….” These beautiful essays from the global church are liberation theology: a theology that liberates, that flows out from underneath the temple for the healing of the nations." -- Alastair MacIntosh, author of "Soil and Soul", "Poacher’s Pilgrimage" and "Riders on the Storm"
"This is a truly wonderful book. It deserves to be read slowly, prayerfully and with humility, such is the depth and richness that it contains." -- Ruth Valerio, Global Advocacy & Influencing Director, Tearfund
"‘Words for a Dying World’ is a must-read but not a comfortable one. It’s voices are highly diverse yet disturbingly consistent, articulating the agony of places and peoples, and wrestling to integrate Christian grief and hope amidst ecological collapse" -- Dave Bookless
"This book is astonishing. Its beauty comes in the drawing together of a rich tapestry of voices of lament and hope from the global Church; breaking your heart before piecing it back together and pointing the way forward. It is truly heartening to see brothers and sisters from around the world coming together, their voices, with their different cadences and textures and cultures – uniting for the sake of the climate. A book needed for such a time as this, that leads us in the uncomfortable path from death to resurrection." -- Chine McDonald, Head of public engagement, Christian Aid
"How might our grief in the face of climate and ecological catastrophe be gift to us? This haunting collection of essays gives voice to experiences of ecosystem loss from outside of mainstream Western environmental consciousness, and in doing so beautifully demonstrates how the shared experience of grief might be a means of drawing us towards the global webs of solidarity we will surely need if our lives together are to be sustained into the future." -- Robert Song, Durham University, UK

Hannah Malcolm is a theologian, environmentalist, and campaigner. She speaks widely on climate change, and was the winner of the first Theology Slam. She is a regular contributor to Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4.

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ISBN 13	9780334059868
ISBN 10	0334059860
Title	Words for a Dying World
Author	Hannah Malcolm
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Scm Press
Year published	2020-12-07
Number of pages	250
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