Fortress Press

“An excellent, challenging, inspiring book! Anyone who thinks social justice, climate change, and Christian doctrine are separate issues will be enlightened to see how inseparable they actually are as women’s voices uncover the deep connections. Even more valuable, anyone who unthinkingly takes all three to be gender-neutral will be stimulated to realize the opposite. The approach through a gender lens lifts up insights from poor women struggling for life amid ecological damage, women politically active to protect the earth, both connected with women wrestling with the meaning of inherited Christian belief in an ecologically disintegrating world. A breathtaking contribution that cannot be ignored.”

“We are standing at the end of the modern age, and at the beginning of the ecological future of our world if our world is to survive. Planetary Solidarity is a gateway to the green reformation of Christian theology, ethics, and spirituality. In solidarity we hear the cry of the poor and the cry of the earth, and see the earth is still taking care of us. Leading feminist theologians from around the world address issues of women and climate, climate crimes, and the dying earth. This rich book is an eye-opener and a ‘must’ for theologians and ecologists."
 

“An insightful, pathbreaking, and timely collection of female voices on the impact of climate justice on the ways we understand and articulate the fundamental Christian beliefs. The survival not only of humanity but also of the entire planet depends on how this vision of ‘planetary solidarity’ is put into practice. What an awesome challenge this book lays before us, believers and nonbelievers alike!”
 

“Solidarity involves more than taking a stance (like Martin Luther did) or marching for a cause (like Martin Luther King Jr. did). As the editors astutely observe, it entails building stronger communities where power is shared and relationships are fostered. In the context of climate injustice, such solidarity has to be planetary in scope. It is tested where powerful interests are at stake and when love grows cold. It comes as no surprise that women are taking the lead in understanding what solidarity with the victims of climate change entails. In this volume, such solidarity prompts reflection—on nothing less than the deepest convictions that support Christian forms of solidarity. The varied voices included in this volume should be echoed all around the world."

“This is a pathbreaking book exposing the challenges for women in the face of climate catastrophe around the planet. From an evolutionary context to ethical responses, Planetary Solidarity offers women's perspectives for a more inclusive ecotheology and a more engaged eco-justice. These voices are inspiring and life-transforming in the hands of the gifted women writers assembled here. This is an engaging book; a must read."

“A magnificent choir of women’s voices rises up on behalf of a shared future: across a powerful diversity of theological feminisms, cultures, creatures, and doctrines, this energizing cantata sings its solidarity in the face of climate change and in the key of courage.”

“The editors are to be congratulated on mobilizing a major response both to the challenge of climate justice and to Pope Francis’s influential encyclical Laudato Si’. Importantly, they do so through an array of women theologians—including major names such as Eaton, Gebara, and McFague—all of them contributing important insights from a whole range of contexts. They address the crucial point that planetary insecurity resulting from climate change falls especially heavily on women, but these reflections are important well beyond feminist and womanist circles. I expect to draw on this book very extensively in both research and teaching.”

“Climate change is affecting all of us and especially poor women around the globe. How Christians think theologically deeply impacts the way we view climate change. With strong vision and a prophetic mission, Kim and Koster have put together an important collection of how we need to work toward Planetary Solidarity. This is a challenging and provocative book that is urgently needed."