Jim Antal is a denominational leader, award-winning activist, and public theologian. He serves as the national spokesperson on climate change for the United Church of Christ. You are invited to hear him preach at Community United Church of Christ a message of “Defiant Hope - Christian Witness in a time of Climate Crisis,” and read from his newest book, Climate Church, Climate World: How People of Faith Must Work for Change across the Triangle.
Why should people of faith engage the moral challenge of climate change – and how should we do it? Climate Church, Climate World helps answer these questions and empowers the reader to join others in taking action. We can expand the Golden Rule to include future generations. We can shift our focus from personal salvation to collective salvation. Because climate change amplifies all forms of injustice – hunger, refugees, racism, poverty, inequality, deadly viruses, war – defense of creation is a campaign for justice. By reorienting what we prize through new approaches to worship, preaching, witnessing, and other spiritual practices, we can honor creation as we cultivate hope and discover new joy.
Speaking Schedule:
Sunday, May 6: Community UCC, 814 Dixie Trail, Raleigh, NC
Worship at 10:30am; Book Reading at 12:30pm
Rev. Jenny Shultz-Thomas / 919-809-8850
Sunday, May 6, 6pm: United Church of Chapel Hill 1321 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Chapel Hill
Rev. Cameron Barr / 919-942-3540
Monday, May 7, 7pm: Pullen Memorial Baptist Church 1801 Hillsborough St., Raleigh, NC
Rev. Nancy Petty / 919-828-0897
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From the Foreword by Bill McKibben:
“This book is written with unusual authority, because for as long as there has been a serious climate movement in the United States, Jim Antal has been at the forefront. He is on the short list of heroes who have given their all.”
Theologians, scientists and activists endorse this book:
"Jim Antal shows how the church can engage the urgent moral crisis of climate change. This book will inspire both the courage and conviction people of faith need to provide the leadership necessary to realise [sic] God’s dream of a just world in which humanity is reconciled to all of creation."
— Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu (December 2017)
Why should people of faith engage the moral challenge of climate change – and how should we do it? Climate Church, Climate World helps answer these questions and empowers the reader to join others in taking action. We can expand the Golden Rule to include future generations. We can shift our focus from personal salvation to collective salvation. Because climate change amplifies all forms of injustice – hunger, refugees, racism, poverty, inequality, deadly viruses, war – defense of creation is a campaign for justice. By reorienting what we prize through new approaches to worship, preaching, witnessing, and other spiritual practices, we can honor creation as we cultivate hope and discover new joy.Speaking Schedule:
Sunday, May 6: Community UCC, 814 Dixie Trail, Raleigh, NC
Worship at 10:30am; Book Reading at 12:30pm
Rev. Jenny Shultz-Thomas / 919-809-8850
Sunday, May 6, 6pm: United Church of Chapel Hill 1321 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Chapel Hill
Rev. Cameron Barr / 919-942-3540
Monday, May 7, 7pm: Pullen Memorial Baptist Church 1801 Hillsborough St., Raleigh, NC
Rev. Nancy Petty / 919-828-0897
Share and learn more via social media:
https://www.facebook.com/events/430189214070717/
From the Foreword by Bill McKibben:
“This book is written with unusual authority, because for as long as there has been a serious climate movement in the United States, Jim Antal has been at the forefront. He is on the short list of heroes who have given their all.”
Theologians, scientists and activists endorse this book:
"Jim Antal shows how the church can engage the urgent moral crisis of climate change. This book will inspire both the courage and conviction people of faith need to provide the leadership necessary to realise [sic] God’s dream of a just world in which humanity is reconciled to all of creation."
— Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu (December 2017)