Tag: climate change
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Creation 3: Creation Justice
What does it mean to seek justice? Thomas Aquinas defined justice as a cardinal virtue that renders to each person what is due to them, or what they have a right to receive. God’s justice, then, honors the dignity of all beings–a foundational principle of the UMRSP and one that is extended not only to…
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Creation 2: Sustainable Policies and Practices
This post covers the following sections of “Community of All Creation” in the proposed revised UMC Social Principles: Stewardship of Creation “The goodness of God’s creation, and the value given to every part of it, call people to respect, protect, and care for the creation and all interrelated aspects of it.” This statement brings together…
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Creation 1: Creation in Peril
The United Methodist Social Principles detail human culpability in global warming and climate change. But humans are not only part of the problem. We also ought to be part of the solution.
Faith working by love 