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Beyond Belief

Opportunities for Faith-Engaged Approaches to Climate-Change Adaptation in the Pacific Islands

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Editors:
  1. Johannes M. Luetz

    1. School of Social Sciences, Christian Heritage College (CHC), Brisbane, Australia

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  2. Patrick D. Nunn

    1. School of Law and Society / Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research, University of the Sunshine Coast (USC), Sippy Downs, Australia

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  • Explores opportunities for faith-engaged approaches to climate change adaptation in Oceania that are science-informed locally meaningful and contextually compelling
  • Examines how positionality affects insider–outsider adaptation discourse and discusses limitations opportunities and future prospects
  • Creates consilience by integrating interdisciplinary contributions from the sciences and humanities, including case studies, literary analyses, field projects, and empirical research
  • Investigates influences of tradition, local precedent, spirituality, indigeneity, and connectedness to nature on decision-making in the Pacific Islands Region

Part of the book series: Climate Change Management (CCM)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Beyond Belief

    • Patrick D. Nunn, Johannes M. Luetz
    Pages 1-14

  3. Looking Back to the Future: The Clash of Religion and Secularism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Ecology, War, and Nuclear Testing in the Pacific: The Path of Reconciliation

      • Clive W. Ayre, Karenne Hills, Johannes M. Luetz
      Pages 17-37

    3. Religious and Cultural-Spiritual Attributions of Climate-Driven Changes on Food Production: A Case Study from North Malaita, Solomon Islands

      • Zina Bird, Morgan Wairiu, Helene Jacot Des Combes, Viliamu Iese
      Pages 39-56

  4. The Roots of Spirituality and Religion in the Pacific Islands Region

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57
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    2. Leveraging Vanua: Metaphysics, Nature, and Climate Change Adaptation in Fiji

      • Francisco Gelves-Gómez, Shannon Brincat
      Pages 59-79

    3. Gods, Spirits and Natural Hazards: Ontologies and Epistemologies of Natural Hazards and Climate Change in Kiribati and Papua New Guinea

      • Guy Jackson, Annah Piggott-McKellar
      Pages 81-98

    4. Climate Justice and God’s Justice in the Pacific: Climate Change Adaptation and Martin Luther

      • Richard A. Davis
      Pages 99-113

  5. Religion as Culture, Religion for Wellbeing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115
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    2. Cyclone Winston: Catholic Women’s Faith and Agency in a Coastal Village in Fiji

      • Shirleen Sahai, Tammy Tabe, Jacqueline Ryle
      Pages 117-137

    3. Signs of “The End Times”: Perspectives on Climate Change Among Market Sellers in Madang, Papua New Guinea

      • Kylie McKenna, Lorelle Tekopiri Yakam
      Pages 139-155

    4. Climate Change and Eschatology

      • Kurt Bangert
      Pages 157-188

    5. Standing in the Middle of the Ocean: Time for a Public Theology

      • Clive Pearson
      Pages 189-203

  7. Belief and Action: A Way Forward?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 287-287
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About this book

This interdisciplinary book explores the science and spirituality nexus in the Pacific Islands Region and as such makes a critical contribution to sustainable climate change adaptation in Oceania. In addition to presenting case studies, literary analyses, field projects, and empirical research, the book describes faith-engaged approaches through the prism of:
 
• Context: past, present, and future prospects
• Theory: concepts, narratives, and theoretical frameworks
• Practice: empirical research and praxis-informed case examples
• Doctrine: scriptural contributions and perspectives
• Engagement: enlisting religious stakeholders and constituencies
 
Comprising peer-reviewed works by scholars, professionals, and practitioners from across Oceania, the book closes a critical gap in the literature and represents a groundbreaking contribution to holistic climate change adaptation in the Pacific Islands Region that is scientifically sound, spiritually attuned, locally meaningful, and contextually compelling.

Reviews

“This collection suitably sets the agenda for further labors. It is to be very much recommended and will hopefully stir practicing scientists from a worrying myopia over spiritual approaches toward environmental health and crises, for global solutions … .” (Garry W. Trompf, Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, June 20, 2023)

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Social Sciences, Christian Heritage College (CHC), Brisbane, Australia

    Johannes M. Luetz

  • School of Law and Society / Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research, University of the Sunshine Coast (USC), Sippy Downs, Australia

    Patrick D. Nunn

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Beyond Belief

  • Book Subtitle: Opportunities for Faith-Engaged Approaches to Climate-Change Adaptation in the Pacific Islands

  • Editors: Johannes M. Luetz, Patrick D. Nunn

  • Series Title: Climate Change Management

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67602-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-67601-8Published: 04 April 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-67604-9Published: 04 April 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-67602-5Published: 03 April 2021

  • Series ISSN: 1610-2002

  • Series E-ISSN: 1610-2010

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 391

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Climate Change

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