James Lovelock's Gaia theory revolutionized the understanding of
our place and role in the global environment. It is now accepted
that our activities over the past two hundred years have
contributed to and accelerated the extreme weather events
associated with climate change. The fact that those activities
materialized, for the most part, from within Western Christian
communities makes it imperative to assess and to change their
theological climate: one characterized by routine use of violent,
imperialist images of God. The basis for change explored here is
that of gift events, particularly as evidenced in Jesus's life and
sayings. Its legacy of love of enemies and forgiveness offers a
basis for nonviolent theological and practical approaches to our
situatedness within the community of life. These are also Gaian
responses, as they include foregoing a perception of ourselves as
belonging to an elect group given power by God over earth's
life-support systems and over all those dependent on them, whether
human or more-than-human. The degree to which we change this
self-perception will determine how we affect, for good or ill, not
only the givenness of the climate in future but the givenness of
all future life on earth.
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