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Christianity, climate change and sustainable living
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Description for Christianity, climate change and sustainable living
Paperback. Levels and patterns of consumption and production in the West have reached a level that cannot be maintained. This book analyses the scientific, sociological, economic and theological thinking that makes a Christian response to these trends imperative. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 330.
Levels and patterns of consumption and production in the West have reached a level that cannot be maintained. The way we live, and in particular the way we produce and use energy, is no longer environmentally sustainable: it is already threatening the health and well-being of both planet and people. An estimated 150,000 people per year die as a direct result of anthropogenic climate change, and they are disproportionately in the low-income countries. Our activities and the policies that shape them need to change. This book, which is the first serious Christian engagement with the emerging issue of Sustainable Consumption ... Read more
Levels and patterns of consumption and production in the West have reached a level that cannot be maintained. The way we live, and in particular the way we produce and use energy, is no longer environmentally sustainable: it is already threatening the health and well-being of both planet and people. An estimated 150,000 people per year die as a direct result of anthropogenic climate change, and they are disproportionately in the low-income countries. Our activities and the policies that shape them need to change. This book, which is the first serious Christian engagement with the emerging issue of Sustainable Consumption ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
SPCK
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
329g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780281058334
SKU
V9780281058334
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About Spck
Nick Spencer works part time for the Jubilee Centre and part time for the London Institute of Contemporary Christianity, as a researcher and writer. He is the author of a number of books, including: Votewise (SPCK); Parochial Vision (on the future of the English parish) and Asylum and Immigration (both Paternoster). Bob White is Professor of Geophys ics at Cambridge ... Read more
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