Environmental Ethics in Action
Dr. Robert Stivers, professor of Ethics at Pacific Lutheran University addresses the question of how religious people are to minister to the earth. The process of discerning how to do this begins in personal faith and its empowering spirituality. Enabled to act with integrity, Christians seek guidelines in the traditions of the Church and their own experience of the Holy Spirit.
Catalog #: VEM 071 Production: VHS. Earth Ministry, 1996.
Format: Lecture/presentation Audience: Adults
Earth Ministry's Winter Gathering,1996.
Dr. Robert Stivers, professor of Ethics at Pacific Lutheran University addresses the question of how religious people are to minister to the earth. The process of discerning how to do this begins in personal faith and its empowering spirituality. Enabled to act with integrity, Christians seek guidelines in the traditions of the Church and their own experience of the Holy Spirit. They understand themselves as members of human communities that seek justice and provide the basic necessities of life. They also understand themselves as members of natural communities that have intrinsic value and are interconnected through delicate and dynamic webs.
Professor Stivers walks through a case study of a species endangered by a proposal to construct a dam that will flood its one remaining habitat. In doing so he illustrates how case studies may be used in congregations and other study groups to minister to the Earth.
