Climate justice may be the foremost moral challenge of the 21st century. Humankind – or rather parts of us – are threatening Earth’s capacity to regenerate and support life, including human life. Race and class dimensions of the climate crisis are haunting and daunting. While caused primarily by high-consuming people, climate change is wreaking death and destruction first and foremost on impoverished people who are disproportionately people of color. How are we to face this crisis with courage, wisdom, agency, and hope? What does religion bring to this question?
The School of Applied Theology in partnership with the Cathedral of Christ the Light, Our Lady of Lourdes, and St. Columbia cordially invite you to attend a three-day series on Laudati Si' with Dr. Sylvia Hood Washington, member of the University of Illinois-Chicago's Environmental Justice board, and the USCCB's Catholic Coalition for Children and a Safe Environment.
Given the continued prominence of economic recovery in public debate, two students and one alumna discussed with us the economy from a faith based perspective.
