The double edge of lament: Love and justice at the end of the world

Anna Fisk

doi:10.15664/tis.v28i2.2330

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Published: Oct 22, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15664/tis.v28i2.2330

Keywords:

COP26, Glasgow, IPCC, climate change, climate crisis, climate emergency, climate catastrophe, Catherine Keller, Facing Apocalypse, Thomas Lynch, ApoAcalyptic Political Theology, Alastair McIntosh, Riders on the Storm, Hannah Malcolm, Words for a Dying World, Frances Ward, Like There’s No Tomorrow, lament, grief, climate grief, environmental grief, ecological grief, guilt, climate justice, Global South, Global North, Book of Revelation, apocalyptic, activism, Extinction Rebellion, XR

Anna Fisk

Climate justice activist, feminist theologian, editorial assistant of the journal Literature and Theology, and convenor of the International Society for Religion, Literature and Culture’s Ecotheologies panel

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8195-8872

Abstract

Written in the run-up to the COP26 summit held in Glasgow, this review essay reflects on theological tools for the climate justice movement in conversation with five recent books.

Reviewed works:

Catherine Keller, Facing Apocalypse: Climate, Democracy, and Other Last Chances (Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 2021)

Thomas Lynch, Apocalyptic Political Theology: Hegel, Taubes and Malabou. Political Theologies (London: Bloomsbury, 2019)

Alastair McIntosh, Riders on the Storm: The Climate Crisis and the Survival of Being (Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2020)

Hannah Malcolm, ed., Words for a Dying World: Stories of Grief and Courage from the Global Church (London: SCM Press, 2020)

Frances Ward, Like There’s No Tomorrow: Climate Crisis, Eco-Anxiety and God. (Durham: Sacristy Press, 2020)

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Vol. 28 No. 2 (2021): Theology and the environment

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Review essay

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