S2 Ep1052: Christianity, Climate Change, and Environmental Care: Dr. Ben Lowe

Theology in the Raw

Religion & Spirituality, Theology, Culture, Christianity, Discipleship, Politics

4.5 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Ben and I talk about a Christian theology of Creation Care, the nature of the new creation, how to interpret 2 Pet 3, where it seems like God is going to destroy the earth. We then spend the bulk of our time looking at various environmental issues related to climate change, biodiversity, sustainable living, and how Christians can live reasonable and just lives that honor our task to care for creation. Ben is originally from Singapore and currently serves as the Deputy Executive Director at A Rocha International, a network of faith-based conservation organizations working in over twenty countries on five continents. His undergraduate training is in environmental biology from Wheaton College (IL) and he earned his PhD in Interdisciplinary Ecology from the University of Florida (USA). Ben is also an ordained Christian minister and has nearly two decades of experience engaging faith communities around social and environmental concerns, including being featured in media outlets ranging from Audubon Magazine and Christianity Today to The New York Times and The Wall Street

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hey, friends, have you been blessed or encouraged or challenged by theology in Iraq?
0:05.7	If so, would you consider joining theology in the Ra's Patreon community?
0:09.6	For as little as five bucks a month, you can get access to a diverse group of Jesus followers
0:14.0	who are committed to thinking deeply, loving widely, and having curious conversations with
0:19.0	thoughtful people.
0:20.0	We have several membership tiers where we can receive premium content.
0:24.4	For instance, silver level supporters get asked and vote on the questions for our monthly
0:29.2	Patreon-only podcast.
0:31.2	They also get to see written drafts of various projects and books I'm working on, and there's
0:35.3	other perks for that tier.
0:37.1	Gold level supporters get all of this and access to monthly Zoom chats where we basically
0:42.9	blow the doors open on any topic they want to discuss.
0:46.3	My patrons play a vital role in nurturing the mission of the Al-Jandirah, and for me,
0:51.6	just personally, interacting with my Patreon supporters has become one of the hidden blessings
0:55.8	in this podcast ministry.
0:57.5	So you can check out all of the info at patreon.com, forward slash the Al-Jandirah, that's patreon.com,
1:04.1	forward slash the Al-Jandirah.
1:05.7	Hello friends, welcome back to another episode of theology in the Ra, my guest today is Dr.
1:11.0	Ben Lowe.
1:12.0	Ben is originally from Singapore, currently serves as the deputy executive director at
1:18.3	Arasha International, a network of faith-based conservation organizations working in over
1:23.7	20 countries.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Theology in the Raw, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Theology in the Raw and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.