The Dispossession Project

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We hope that you've found some interesting resources here. If you've been using these resources as part of a project or an initiative in your church, school or group, we'd like to hear about it. You can contact us at MTAG through Anne Richards

John

Book resources:

Ian Barbour, Nature, Human Nature and God, SPCK 2002
R J Berry (ed) The Care of Creation, IVP 2000
Dave Bookless, Planetwise, IVP 2008
O Clement, On Human Being: a spiritual anthropology, trans J Hummerstone, New City 2000
Fr John Chryssavgis (ed) Cosmic Grace: Humble Prayer: the ecological vision of the Green Patriarch Bartholomew 1 Eerdmans Publishing 2003
T Cooper, Sustaining the Earth, St John's College 2000
C Deane-Drummond, The Ethics of Nature, Blackwell 2004
Earthscan, Global Environment Outlook 3, United Nations Environment Programme 2002
E Echlin, The Cosmic Circle: Jesus and Ecology, Columba Press 2004
Jeffery M Golliher 'This fragile earth our island home: the environmental crisis' in Ian T Douglas and Piu-Lan Kwok (eds) Beyond Colonial Anglicanism: the Anglican Church in the 21st century, CHP 2001
David Gosling, Religion and Ecology in India and Southeast Asia, Routledge 2001
J Hart Environmental Theology, Paulist Press 2004
Dieter T Hessel and Rosemary Radford Ruether, Christianity and Ecology, Harvard University Press 2000
John Houghton, Global Warming: the complete briefing. CUP 1997
J Jones: Jesus and the Earth, SPCK 2003
Bjorn Lomberg, The Skeptical Environmentalist, CUP 2001
M Low, Cherish the Earth: reflections on a living planet, Wild Goose Publications 2003
Alistair McGrath, the Re-Enchantment of Nature, Hodder and Stoughton, 2002
J R McNeill: Something new under the sun: an environmental history of the twentieth century world WW Norton and Co 2000
Aubrey Meyer, Contraction and Convergence: the global solution to climate change, Green books ltd 2000
Max Oeschlager, Caring for the Creation, Yale University press 1994
M Palmer and V Finlay, Faith in Conservation: new approaches to religions and the environment, World Bank 2003
G Prance, The World Under Threat, Wild Goose Publications 1996
Religion, Science and Environment, reports of each of the symposia hosted by HAH Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew 1 1997-2003
Sharing God's Planet: a Christian vision for a sustainable future, CHP 2005
W J Short DFM, Poverty and Joy, DLT, 1999
John V Taylor, Enough is Enough, SCM 1975
D Wilkinson, The Message of Creation: encountering the Lord of the Universe IVP 2002
E O Wilson, The Diversity of Life, Penguin 2001
World Council of Churches, Justice, Peace and Creation, Solidarity with Victims of Climate Change, WCC 2002

Arts: engage with issues through film, video and music

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Meal: reflect through sharing a meal with others

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Navigating the pathways

You have a number of pathways through the various spaces of this house:

Yellow journey

Word and text based. You can interact with what people are saying and discussing about the environment now.

Blue journey

Focussed on bible study, prayer, worship, song and reflective story telling.

Green journey

Engage with pictures, external web and book resources, video clips and various activities, including cooking and eating a meal.

Pink journey

Personal commitments, reflection, and following Jesus more closely. The final pink space is the space for departure where you can consider what you have learned, been surprised by, challenged by and assess how you might have changed.

You can mix and match your journey through the different spaces depending on what you would most like to explore, study or do.

Yellow	Blue	Green	Pink
Welcome Opening challenge to learn more about mission and care for creation with some introductory material to think about.	Scripture passages with questions Genesis 1. 26-31 Romans 8.18-21 Genesis 6.11-21 Also: Earth Abbey resources Jubilee Centre resources	Images Pictures of extinct and endangered animals; conservation issues	Gift-giving and baggage dumping A chance to review what gifts you bring to the topic or what things to leave behind. A chance for confession or saying sorry and to make new commitments
Quote, unquote What people have been saying about climate change and care for the planet. With questions to consider.	Prayers A series of prayers, images and activities for meditation on the words of the fifth mark of mission Also links to other prayer resources	Resources Books and online resources for self study and online research	Diary/blog A chance to review notes or entries you have made and to read others thoughts about the topic
Theology Theologians writing on care for creation: Dave Bookless, The Ecumenical Patriarch and Claire Foster. With questions to consider.	Hymns and other music Suggestions for listening to natural sounds, hymns, psalms, Taizé chants, classical, popular music and new music on the theme of care of creation	Films, Music Films to watch, music tracks and clips with an ecological theme	Footsteps of Jesus Consider the lilies Matthew 6. 25-34 The Storm Matthew 8.23-27 The Fig Tree Mark 11.12-14; 20-21
Conversation and Dialogue Listening to people talking about the environment, including: a group of theologians and scientists talking to ARocha, Jeremy Clarkson and David Shreeve.	Reflections and Story telling Can the earth sustain 7 billion people? What about food security for people? What about health? Reflections from Sharing God's Planet Reflections from Sharing God's Planet	Hospitality A recipe for a meal and suggestions for hospitality, trying new things	Exit: Dispossession Final review of what may have changed in using the resource. A few ideas about what to take away, or how to live differently, or to do more in future, and a chance to leave feedback

Yellow

Blue

Green

Pink

Welcome

Opening challenge to learn more about mission and care for creation with some introductory material to think about.

Scripture passages with questions

Genesis 1. 26-31
Romans 8.18-21
Genesis 6.11-21

Also:

Earth Abbey resources
Jubilee Centre resources

Images

Pictures of extinct and endangered animals; conservation issues

Gift-giving and baggage dumping

A chance to review what gifts you bring to the topic or what things to leave behind. A chance for confession or saying sorry and to make new commitments

Quote, unquote

What people have been saying about climate change and care for the planet. With questions to consider.

Prayers

A series of prayers, images and activities for meditation on the words of the fifth mark of mission
Also links to other prayer resources

Resources

Books and online resources for self study and online research

Diary/blog

A chance to review notes or entries you have made and to read others thoughts about the topic

Theology

Theologians writing on care for creation: Dave Bookless, The Ecumenical Patriarch and Claire Foster. With questions to consider.

Hymns and other music

Suggestions for listening to natural sounds, hymns, psalms, Taizé chants, classical, popular music and new music on the theme of care of creation

Films, Music

Films to watch, music tracks and clips with an ecological theme

Footsteps of Jesus

Consider the lilies Matthew 6. 25-34
The Storm
Matthew 8.23-27
The Fig Tree
Mark 11.12-14; 20-21

Conversation and Dialogue

Listening to people talking about the environment, including: a group of theologians and scientists talking to ARocha, Jeremy Clarkson and David Shreeve.

Reflections and Story telling

Can the earth sustain 7 billion people?
What about food security for people?
What about health?
Reflections from Sharing God's Planet

Reflections from Sharing God's Planet

Hospitality

A recipe for a meal and suggestions for hospitality, trying new things

Exit: Dispossession

Final review of what may have changed in using the resource. A few ideas about what to take away, or how to live differently, or to do more in future, and a chance to leave feedback

Eco House

Book resources:

Navigating the pathways