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Northcott constructs a new political theology of climate change
that acknowledges the role of borders in the constitution of the
nations, and their providential ordering under God as assemblies of
persons who recognise particular duties to each other within those
borders.
Bob White, a geophysicist, tackles one of the biggest conundrums
in Christian thinking. He combines a profound knowledge of the
science behind natural processes with thorough research into their
impact, and underpins it with a carefully reasoned theological
response.
Examining each type of disaster in turn, he illuminates the way
in which human factors almost always turn natural processes,
without which the earth would be sterile and uninhabitable, into
disasters: population growth, widespread inequality, foolish
farming and building practices, and climate change all contribute,
exacerbating heat waves, famines, and droughts.
He then outlines the insights that Jacob, Job, and Jesus offer.
This highly readable book is permeated with engaging insights into
the human condition and the biblical response.
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