Book chapter
Beyond Belief
Beyond Belief: Opportunities for Faith-Engaged Approaches to Climate-Change Adaptation in the Pacific Islands, pp.1-14
Climate Change Management, Springer
2021
Abstract
Given that almost every Pacific Island resident is spiritually engaged to a degree that is uncommon in western secular societies, an evaluation of the role of religion in climate-change adaptation in this exposed region is overdue. This chapter explains the nature of Pacific Island people’s religious engagement, its undoubted links with culturally-grounded tradition, and its importance in rationalizing extraneous phenomena like climate change and determining communal action in the face of its impacts. Each chapter of this book is summarized. The need to reassess the roles of different agencies in climate-change action in the Pacific is explained, as is the importance of effective action for survival.
Details
- Title
- Beyond Belief
- Authors
- Patrick Nunn (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and SocietyJohannes M Luetz (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and Society
- Contributors
- Johannes M Luetz (Editor) - Christian Heritage CollegePatrick Nunn (Editor) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and Society
- Publication details
- Beyond Belief: Opportunities for Faith-Engaged Approaches to Climate-Change Adaptation in the Pacific Islands, pp.1-14
- Series
- Climate Change Management
- Publisher
- Springer
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-67602-5_1; 10.1007/978-3-030-67602-5
- ISBN
- 9783030676025
- Organisation Unit
- Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; Sustainability Research Centre; Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99522308402621
- Output Type
- Book chapter
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