THE CROWN OF ALL CREATION?
CHRISTIANS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
"From the beginning you have created all things and all your works echo the silent music of your praise. In the fullness of time you made us in your image, the crown of all creation." (Common Worship, Eucharistic Prayer G)
For centuries, Christianity has placed humanity at the pinnacle of creation. Unlike other creatures, we are created in God's own image, armed with 'dominion' and tasked with 'subduing'. However, today Christians are becoming urgently aware of humanity's detrimental effect on other creatures. Are we really the crown of all creation? In the face of Climate Change, what does it mean to be created in God's image?
Led by Revd Johannes (Jan) Nobel who is Vicar of Heslington, near York, a tutor for the York School of Ministry and a keen naturalist and bird-watcher.
