Rooted and Rising

Foreword, Mary Evelyn Tucker

A Special Introduction by Bill McKibben

Introduction

Questions to Ponder

A Spiritual Practice

SECTION I: ROOTING IN INTERFAITH FRIENDSHIP

Section I Introduction

1 Living in the Four Worlds: Spiritual Practices in the Midst of Climate Disruption

Rabbi Mordechai Liebling

2 Connecting Faith, Environmental Justice, and Sustainability: An Islamic Reflection

Huda Alkaff

3 Building the Eco-Ethical Ark in the Age of Climate Disruption

Rev. Dr. Leah D. Schade

4 Questions to Ponder and a Spiritual Practice

SECTION II: RISING IN LOCAL ACTIVISM

Section II Introduction

5 Praised Be the Flood

Rev. Fred Small

6 The Ground Beneath Our Feet

Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman

7 The End of Hope and the Beginning of Miracle

Jay O’Hara

8 Questions to Ponder and a Spiritual Practice

SECTION III: ROOTING SCIENCE AND POLICY IN FAITH AND SPIRITUALITY

Section III Introduction

9 The Imperative of Hope

Dr. Katharine Hayhoe

10 The View from My Window

Natasha DeJarnett, PhD, MPH

11 The Thing with Feathers

Corina Newsome

12 Questions to Ponder and a Spiritual Practice

SECTION IV: RISING FROM THE MARGINS

Section IV Introduction

13 Not Our First Rodeo: Memory and Imagination Stir Up Hope

Peterson Toscano

14 Confronting Climate Change: Wisdom from a Civil Rights Activist

Rev. Dr. Gerald L. Durley

15 Interview with Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr.

Margaret Bullitt-Jonas

16 Questions to Ponder and a Spiritual Practice

SECTION V: ROOTING IN LITURGY, MORAL VISION, AND VOCATION

Section V Introduction

17 The World as Sacrament

Rev. Dr. John Chryssavgis

18 A Letter

Cynthia D. Moe-Lobeda, PhD

19 Fighting Climate Change: Our Responsibility, Our Vocation, Our Salvation

Rev. Dr. Jim Antal

20 Questions to Ponder and a Spiritual Practice

SECTION VI: UPROOTED, REPLANTED, AND RISING

Section VI Introduction

21 The People around Me: Reflections from a Post-Christian Anarchist

Kiran Oommen

22 Interview with Dr. Tink Tinker (wazhazhe/Osage Nation), PhD

Leah D. Schade

23 Working Up Hope

Tim DeChristopher

24 Questions to Ponder and a Spiritual Practice

SECTION VII: GRIEF, LOVE, AND TREES

Section VII Introduction

25 Contemplating Creation: Wisdom from a Sequoia

Christina Leaño

26 Living with Environmental Despair

Roger S. Gottlieb

27 Love Every Leaf

Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas

28 Questions to Ponder and a Spiritual Practice

Bibliography

Scripture Index

Index

About the Contributors