I think that faith leaders …will be a moral voice [for international climate issues]. I was impressed by something that Henrik Grape with the Church of Sweden said: any meeting that is taking place on this issue, should have three empty chairs: one for future generations, one for the poorest, and one for creation, non-human creation, other living beings with whom we share the planet.
— Karenna Gore, author, lawyer, director of the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary, and daughter of Al Gore
FORUM ON RELIGION, ETHICS, AND LAW IN A TIME OF
PLANETARY CRISIS AND POLITICAL DECLINE
On April 20th you’re invited to join Interfaith Creation Care of the Triangle, co-sponsor, for a mind-expanding forum with national thought leader Karenna Gore, Herman Greene and Susannah Tuttle, courtesy of primary sponsor and host Binkley Baptist Church in Chapel Hill:
Religion is what binds us together. Ethics is what guides us. Law is how we order our lives in relation to society—a society now including non-human beings, ecosystems, and future generations of all species.
KARENNA GORE, Executive Director of the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York City.
HERMAN GREENE, President of the Center for Ecozoic Studies in Chapel Hill and Thomas Berry Scholar-in-Residence of the Earth Law Center in Durango, Colorado.
SUSANNAH TUTTLE (moderator), Eco-Justice Connection Director of North Carolina Power & Light, North Carolina Council of Churches in Raleigh.
Binkley Memorial Baptist Church
1712 Willow Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Saturday, April 20, 2024
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Coffee and check-in at 8:30 am
The Forum is free and open to the public.
Donation of $10 for lunch is suggested.
The leaders will explore in Conversation with participants
- Where are we—In a golden age of innovation and progress? Or in the midst of ecological catastrophe and political breakdown?
- How do Religion, Ethics, and Law need to change to respond to our planetary crisis and political decline?
- What is our role in bringing about these changes?
- Where are we going—How will our lives and societies change in the turbulent years ahead and what are the prospects for good outcomes?
Primary sponsors of the Forum are Binkley Memorial Baptist Church and the Center for Ecozoic Studies, with appreciation to the Binkley Earth Ministries Team for organizing this forum.
Co-Sponsors of the Forum are Eco-Justice Connection and North Carolina Interfaith Power and Light, the Alliance of Baptists, Orange-Chatham Interfaith Care for Creation, Interfaith Creation Care of the Triangle, Climate Action NC, the Earth Law Center, and the Center for Earth Ethics.
REGISTER HERE
The Forum is free and open to the public.
Donation of $10 for lunch is suggested.
For questions email Charles Coble at ccoble2@gmail.com.
