Theme for 2008-09 lectures: The Challenge of Climate Change
Eco-crisis, Sustainable Living and the Future of the
Planet
The reality of climate change, and the challenges it
presents to sustainable living, is perhaps the key issue facing
humanity at present. The developing ecological crisis raises
profound questions for theology, religious traditions, politics and
economics. The Ebor Lectures for 2008-09 examine the roots and
causes of this global emergency from a variety of perspectives and
look at the implications of the crisis for future sustainable
living on the planet.
The Speakers
1 October 2008 at Temple Hall, York St John
University
Hope, Hype and Honesty Reporting Global Change: A Still
Point on a Turning Planet
Mr Martin Redfern -
Senior Producer, BBC Radio Science Unit
29 October 2008 at York Minster
Silence in Heaven: Reading Climate Change Through the Book
of Revelation
Professor Tim Gorringe -
Professor of Theological Ethics, University of Exeter
4 March 2009 at Temple Hall, York St John
University
Creation, Ecological Crisis and the Global Poor
Dr Elaine Storkey -
President, Tearfund
25 March 2009 at York Minster
Renewing the Face of the Earth: Human Responsibility and the
Environment
The Most Rev & Rt Hon Dr
Rowan Williams - Archbishop of Canterbury
22 April 2009 at Temple Hall, York St John
University
Disturbing the Present
Mr John Sauven -
Executive Director, Greenpeace
UK
6 May 2009 at Temple Hall, York St John
University
‘Consider the lilies of the field’: How Luke’s Gospel Could
Save the Planet
Professor Mary Grey -
Professor Emerita, University of Wales, Lampeter
3 June 2009 at York St John
University
The Science of Climate
Change
Professor Nicholas Owens
- Director, British Antarctic Survey