Pasifika theologians reweaving the ecological mat
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In a world shaped by colonialism and climate change, Pasifika theologians are on the cutting edge of Christian thought about mission, ecology and indigenous knowledges. It's part of a broader renovation of the whole idea of the church taking place as the centre of global Christianity shifts away from Europe towards the Global South. Rev Dr Cliff Bird is a scholar of Pacific theology and minister in the United Church of the Solomon Islands. He heads the World Council of Churches’ Council for World Mission in the Pacific and is co-author of Reweaving the Ecological Mat, a major work of Pacific theology leading an effort to resolve the ecological crisis facing Pacific Islanders. Rev Dr Seforosa (Sef) Carroll is an Australian, Fiji-born Rotuman theologian. She is Lecturer in Cross Cultural Ministry and Theology at United Theological College at Charles Sturt University and was recently Programme Executive for Mission and Mission from the Margins for the World Council of Churches. She is the author of Climate change, faith and theology in the Pacific (Oceania): the role of faith in building resilient communities.
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