Integrating Faith-based and Secular Approaches to Climate Change in the Pacific│ James Bhagwan
June 1, 2022
A discussion with James Bhagwan (Pacific Conference of Churches),and Toda’s Kevin Clements and Volker Boege.
They discuss the role that Pacific churches have been playing in raising awareness of the impact of climate change in the region. The spiritual worldview of Pacific people is deeply influenced by the indigenous culture, and a sense of connection with land, the environment, the ocean and their Christian faith. Rev. Bhagwan explains the importance of ‘reweaving the ecological mat’ as a Pacific articulation of the reweaving of the sacred thread that binds ecology, economics, and relationships with one another and the natural world.
Interview recorded 1 June 2022
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