Toward a Public Theology of Climate Change : A Chinese Perspective /

Toward a Public Theology of Climate Change : A Chinese Perspective /

How can theology shape public discourse on climate change? This book explores the urgent intersection of climate justice, public theology, and environmental communication from a Chinese Christian perspective. As the world grapples with climate apocalypse, this study reveals how religious discourse c...

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Main Author: Mok, Bryan (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Series: Political and Public Theologies ; 8.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2026.

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Practical Theology.
Theology and World Christianity.

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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1 Climate Change: Facts, Impacts, and Responses
  • 2 Public Theology of Climate Change
  • 3 Three Approaches
  • 3.1 The Translation Approach
  • 3.2 The Distinctive Language Approach
  • 3.3 The Bilingual Approach
  • 4 Purpose and Standpoint
  • 5 A Brief Outline
  • 1 Laudato Si' as a Starting Point
  • 1 Naming Reality and the Underlying Mystery
  • 2 Shaping an Ecological Worldview and Lifestyle
  • 3 Negotiating for Climate Decision-Making
  • 4 Orienting the Public toward the Global Common Good
  • 2 The Encyclical's Public Impacts
  • 1 The Church
  • 2 The Academy
  • 3 Wider Society
  • 4 Insights and Unsettled Questions
  • 3 Working with Climate Activists
  • 1 Aims of Climate Activism
  • 2 Forms of Climate Activism
  • 3 The Road to Impact
  • 4 In Collaboration with Other Societal Stakeholders
  • 5 Climate Change Theology and Environmental Communication
  • 5.1 Assembling and Naming
  • 5.2 Presenting and Shaping
  • 5.3 Contesting and Orienting
  • 5.4 Negotiating for Climate-Friendly Policymaking
  • 4 Criteria of Climate Change Theology
  • 1 Ecotheology: Emergence and Development
  • 1.1 The Scientific-Philosophical End: Ecological Reconfiguration of Christian Theology
  • 1.2 The Biblical-Ecclesiastical End: Rediscovering Ecological Rudiments of the Christian Tradition
  • 1.3 Looking for a Middle Ground: Reconstructing Christian Theology with Ecological Consciousness
  • 2 A Journey to the Flourishing of Earth Communities
  • 3 Mapping the Territories
  • 4 Five Criteria of Climate Change Theology in the Public Sphere
  • 5 Translation Dilemma
  • 1 The Quest for Public Relevance
  • 2 The Postsecular World
  • 3 The Task of Public Theology
  • 4 Public Theology: Three Existing Approaches
  • 4.1 The Accommodating Approach
  • 4.2 The Confessional Approach
  • 4.3 The Bilingual Approach
  • 6 Jürgen Habermas: Friend or Foe?
  • 1 What Is Public? A Historical Sketch
  • 2 Habermas' Idea of the Public Sphere
  • 3 Controversies over Religious Reasons in the Public Sphere
  • 4 Institutional Translation Proviso
  • 7 Pluralism in the Public Sphere
  • 1 Subaltern Voices
  • 2 Passions, Interests, and Antagonism
  • 3 Multiple Voices and Heteroglossia
  • 4 Reconsidering the Role of Translation
  • 5 Religious Voices in Pluralistic Society: a Theological Perspective
  • 8 Public Sphere and Climate Activism in China
  • 1 Civil Society in China since the "Reform and Opening up"
  • 2 The Contemporary Contentious Chinese Public Sphere
  • 3 The Party-State's Responses
  • 4 Climate Activism in China
  • 9 Approaches of Chinese Public Theology
  • 1 The Ecclesiastical Approach
  • 2 The Academic Approach
  • 3 The Political Approach
  • 4 Revisiting Public Theology in the Chinese Context
  • 10 Chinese Public Theology of Climate Change: a Blueprint
  • 1 Toward a Chinese Christian Public Theology of Climate Change
  • 2 Naming the Human Condition
  • 3 Presenting a Way Out
  • 4 Orienting the Public and Negotiating with Policymakers
  • Bibliography
  • Index.