When Hannah Malcolm was approached to write a book on climate grief, she chose, instead, to edit a book compiling voices from across the global church. The resulting picture is an extraordinary collage of very different experiences, all of which begin to suggest the many different ways in which everything is connected.
In this conversation we glimpse the church as something far richer and more diverse than we thought; we discover the marks of colonialism and extractive capitalism everywhere; and we explore how the crises of the present is drawing us back to land, to one another, and to our own bodies.
After the interview, Nomad hosts David Blower and Anna Robinson reflect on how Hannah’s book might shape their own activism and faith journey.
Interview starts at 12m 16s
BOOK
Words for a Dying World: Stories of Grief and Courage from the Global Church
Reading List
Ecology for Your Theology Bookshelf
QUOTES
“If grief is an expression of love, then our grief takes the shape of the places and the creatures to which we belong.”
“If the places we inhabit or visit are always shared places, then if we listen to experiences other than our own, then our attention becomes more genuine. And I think with greater attentiveness comes the possibility of greater love.”
“Grief done well teaches us compassionate attention.”
This is one of the deepest interviews I’ve heard on Nomad and about climate change. Hannah’s depth, and the way the interview drew it out, blows me away. I was especially struck by the tie in with the land, colonisation and a redemptive eschatology.. Thank you.