Listed here are some of the many books that have been published about climate justice and creation care. They have all been recommended by various members of our task force.
We also have a page of educational opportunities such as book studies and webinars that are upcoming or still available to download or watch.
Climate Church, Climate World: How People of Faith Must Work for Change
Author: Jim Antal
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication Date: Revised and Updated , March 2023
Climate Church, Climate World contends that climate change is the greatest moral challenge humanity has ever faced. Environmental advocate Rev. Jim Antal calls on the church to meet this moral challenge by embracing new approaches to worship, preaching, witnessing, and other spiritual practices that honor creation and cultivate hope. The revised and updated edition includes a new chapter on political and policy shifts under the Trump and Biden administrations; the influence of Greta Thunberg and climate change activists; and updated information on the current science of climate change.
What If We Get It Right? Visions of Climate Futures
Author: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Publisher: One World Publication
Date: September 2024
Our climate future is not yet written. What if we act as if we love the future? Sometimes the bravest thing we can do while facing an existential crisis is imagine life on the other side. This provocative and joyous book maps an inspiring landscape of possible climate futures. Through clear-eyed essays and vibrant conversations, infused with data, poetry, and art, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson guides us through solutions and possibilities at the nexus of science, policy, culture, and justice. Visionary farmers and financiers, architects and advocates, help us conjure a flourishing future, one worth the effort it will take—from every one of us, with whatever we have to offer—to create.
How to Change Everything: The Young Human’s Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other
Author: Naomi Klein
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: February 2021
Reading Age: 10 years and up
Full of empowering stories of young leaders all over the world, this informationpacked book from award-winning journalist and one of the foremost voices for climate justice, Naomi Klein, offers young readers a comprehensive look at the state of the climate today and how we got here, while also providing the tools they need to join this fight to protect and reshape the planet they will inherit.
Love in a Time of Climate Change: Honoring Creation, Establishing Justice
Author: Sharon Delgado
Publisher: Fortress Press
Publication Date: July 2017
This book, written by Rev. Sharon Delgado, a member of our task force, challenges readers to develop a loving response to climate change, which disproportionately harms the poor, threatens future generations, and damages God’s creation. This book creatively adapts John Wesley’s theological method by using scripture, tradition, reason, and experience to explore the themes of creation and justice in the context of the earth’s changing climate. Note: An updated Second Edition of Love in a Time of Climate Change will be released sometime in 2025.
The Cross in the Midst of Creation: Following Jesus, Engaging the Powers, Transforming the World
Author: Sharon Delgado
Publisher: Fortress Press
Publication Date: June 2022
This book, written by Rev. Sharon Delgado, a member of our task force, links Christian understandings of creation, atonement, and the biblical principalities and powers. Sharon asserts that the crucifixion is ongoing as institutional powers diminish human life and destroy creation, and that the resurrection is ongoing as faith overcomes despair and the Spirit equips people to rise in courage and follow Jesus into the heart of the struggle for a transformed world.
Refugia Faith: Seeking Hidden Shelters, Ordinary Wonders, and the Healing of the Earth
Author: Debra Rienstra
Publisher: Fortress Press
Publication Date: February 2022
Refugia (reh-FU-jee-ah) is a biological term describing places of shelter where life endures in times of crisis, such as a volcanic eruption, fire, or stressed climate. Ideally, these refugia endure, expand, and connect so that new life emerges. Debra Rienstra explores how Christian spirituality and practice must adapt to prepare for life on a climate-altered planet. She asks, in this era of ecological devastation, how can Christians become people of refugia?
Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart
Author: Brian McLaren
Publisher: St. Martin’s Essentials
Publication Date: May 2024
McLaren defines doom as the “un-peaceful, uneasy, unwanted feeling” that “we humans have made a mess of our civilization and our planet, and not enough of us seem to care enough to change deeply enough or quickly enough to save ourselves.” Blending insights from philosophers, poets, scientists, and theologians, Life After Doom explores the complexity of hope, the necessity of grief, and the need for new ways of thinking, becoming, and belonging in turbulent times. If you want to help yourself, your family, and the communities to which you belong to find courage and resilience for the deeply challenging times that are upon us — this is the book you need right now.
Facing Apocalypse: Climate, Democracy and Other Last Chances
Author: Catherine Keller
Publisher: Orbis
Publication Date: April 2021
Drawing on John’s prophetic Apocalypse, theologian Catherine Keller unveils a “dreamreading” of our current global crisis—particularly the threat of climate change and ecological devastation. She shows that John’s gospel is not a foretelling of future events, but a parable of our present reality, which exposes the deep spiritual roots of these threats.
No Matter What: Crisis and the Spirit of Planetary Possibility
Author: Catherine Keller
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Publication Date: December 2024
A collection of essays that outline the recent work on ecology, political theology, religion, and philosophy. As we face relentless ecological destruction spiraling around a planet of unconstrained capitalism and democratic failure, what matters most? How do we get our bearings and direct our priorities in such a terrestrial scenario? Species, race, sex, politics, and economics will increasingly come tangled in the catastrophic trajectory of climate change. With a sense of urgency and of possibility, Catherine Keller’s No Matter What reflects multiple trajectories of planetary crisis.
Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet
Author: Bill McKibben
Publisher: Times Books
Publication Date: 2010
Our hope depends, McKibben argues, on scaling back—on building the kind of societies and economies that can hunker down, concentrate on essentials, and create the type of community (in the neighborhood, but also on the Internet) that will allow us to weather trouble on an unprecedented scale. Change—fundamental change—is our best hope on a planet suddenly and violently out of balance.
Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World
Author: Katharine Hayhoe
Publisher: Atria/One Signal Publishers
Date of Publication: 2021
In Saving Us, Hayhoe argues that when it comes to changing hearts and minds, facts are only one part of the equation. We need to find shared values in order to connect our unique identities to collective action. Drawing on interdisciplinary research and personal stories, Hayhoe shows that small conversations can have astonishing results. Saving Us leaves us with the tools to open a dialogue with your loved ones about how we all can play a role in pushing forward for change.