Now more than ever, it’s critical that religious stories encompass a call to moral responsibility for the earth and to the global poor.
We have reached a critical juncture in history in which environmental and humanitarian crises can no longer be ignored. How are people of goodwill to respond?
The power and potential of religious symbolisms are sometimes misplaced. Many folks have come to focus on things like personal morality and piety instead of justice-based responses to the world’s biggest problems.
It is a theological activity to see the world as it really is—to look its suffering squarely in the face and tend to a wounded world. The realities of environmental degradation, global poverty, and gender disparity ought to inform the conversations about God and the world that people of faith are having in their communities and houses of worship.
Faith and spirituality, animated by action and lived out for others, can be a powerful force for good in the world today.
“A good-hearted and useful effort to bridge some of the gaps between communities of faith and the environmental justice movement. The author understands how important it is that our campaigns are deeply rooted in the lives of the poor—this is the best lens with which to view the world going forward.”
“Woven Together is a gem—an invaluable weave of theology and ethics in the context of environmental concerns and social justice. Mastaler’s personal stories make for a highly engaging book, one that will appeal to all who are concerned with the future of our planet.”
“This passionate and thoughtful exploration of difficult and often painful issues is rooted in wide intellectual knowledge and broad personal experience of human and non-human suffering.”