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Contents
Part III Religion as Culture, Religion for Wellbeing
7 Cyclone Winston: Catholic Women’s Faith and Agency
in a Coastal Village in Fiji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Shirleen Sahai, Tammy Tabe, and Jacqueline Ryle
8 Signs of “The End Times”: Perspectives on Climate Change
Among Market Sellers in Madang, Papua New Guinea . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Kylie McKenna and Lorelle Tekopiri Yakam
9 Climate Change and Eschatology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Kurt Bangert
10 Standing in the Middle of the Ocean: Time for a Public
Theology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Clive Pearson
Part IV Weaving Worldviews: Science and Spirituality Together
11 Paddling on Both Sides of the Canoe: Toward a Consilience
of Science and Spirituality in Climate Change Response . . . . . . . . . . 207
Rowan Gard
12 Climate Change: Science, People, Religion—Cord of Three
Strands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
P. H. Havea and A. De Ramon N’Yeurt
13 Influence of Spiritual Beliefs on Autonomous Climate-Change
Adaptation: A Case Study from Ono Island, Southern Fiji . . . . . . . . 247
Jalasayi Atkinson-Nolte, Patrick D. Nunn, and Prudence Millear
14 For Kin, God and Other Beings: Mixtures of Conservation
Practice in Raja Ampat, West Papua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Ian N. Parker
Part V Belief and Action: A Way Forward?
15 Pacific Climate Warriors and Local Narratives on Climate
Change: An Analysis of a Faith-Informed Indigenous Rhetoric . . . . 289
Claudia Ledderucci
16 How Does Faith Influence Pro-Environmental Practice
in Schools? Examples from the Pacific Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Thelma A. Raman and Johannes M. Luetz
Part VI Faith for Survival
17 Wonders in the Heavens Above, Signs on the Earth Below:
Pacific Islands Pentecostalism, Climate Change and Acts 2 . . . . . . . . 329
John D. Griffiths
Contents
Part III Religion as Culture, Religion for Wellbeing
7 Cyclone Winston: Catholic Women’s Faith and Agency
in a Coastal Village in Fiji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Shirleen Sahai, Tammy Tabe, and Jacqueline Ryle
8 Signs of “The End Times”: Perspectives on Climate Change
Among Market Sellers in Madang, Papua New Guinea . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Kylie McKenna and Lorelle Tekopiri Yakam
9 Climate Change and Eschatology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Kurt Bangert
10 Standing in the Middle of the Ocean: Time for a Public
Theology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Clive Pearson
Part IV Weaving Worldviews: Science and Spirituality Together
11 Paddling on Both Sides of the Canoe: Toward a Consilience
of Science and Spirituality in Climate Change Response . . . . . . . . . . 207
Rowan Gard
12 Climate Change: Science, People, Religion—Cord of Three
Strands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
P. H. Havea and A. De Ramon N’Yeurt
13 Influence of Spiritual Beliefs on Autonomous Climate-Change
Adaptation: A Case Study from Ono Island, Southern Fiji . . . . . . . . 247
Jalasayi Atkinson-Nolte, Patrick D. Nunn, and Prudence Millear
14 For Kin, God and Other Beings: Mixtures of Conservation
Practice in Raja Ampat, West Papua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Ian N. Parker
Part V Belief and Action: A Way Forward?
15 Pacific Climate Warriors and Local Narratives on Climate
Change: An Analysis of a Faith-Informed Indigenous Rhetoric . . . . 289
Claudia Ledderucci
16 How Does Faith Influence Pro-Environmental Practice
in Schools? Examples from the Pacific Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Thelma A. Raman and Johannes M. Luetz
Part VI Faith for Survival
17 Wonders in the Heavens Above, Signs on the Earth Below:
Pacific Islands Pentecostalism, Climate Change and Acts 2 . . . . . . . . 329
John D. Griffiths