Contents
1 Beyond Belief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Patrick D. Nunn and Johannes M. Luetz
Part I Looking Back to the Future: The Clash of Religion and
Secularism
2 Ecology, War, and Nuclear Testing in the Pacific: The Path
of Reconciliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Clive W. Ayre, Karenne Hills, and Johannes M. Luetz
3 Religious and Cultural-Spiritual Attributions
of Climate-Driven Changes on Food Production:
A Case Study from North Malaita, Solomon Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Zina Bird, Morgan Wairiu, Helene Jacot Des Combes, and Viliamu Iese
Part II The Roots of Spirituality and Religion in the Pacific
Islands Region
4 Leveraging Vanua: Metaphysics, Nature, and Climate Change
Adaptation in Fiji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Francisco Gelves-Gómez and Shannon Brincat
5 Gods, Spirits and Natural Hazards: Ontologies
and Epistemologies of Natural Hazards and Climate Change
in Kiribati and Papua New Guinea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Guy Jackson and Annah Piggott-McKellar
6 Climate Justice and God’s Justice in the Pacific: Climate
Change Adaptation and Martin Luther . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Richard A. Davis
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