A new binder titled Theological Statements and Articles Regarding Creation Care is now in our Library. This binder assembles five important theological documents for Lutherans so that you don’t have to search the internet for any of them. These documents are:

Caring for Creation:Vision, Hope, and Justice, ELCA Social Statement (1993). This Social Statement set the stage for Lutheran theology, stewardship and action.

Earth’s Climate Crisis, ELCA Church Council Social Message (2023). This Social Message updates and expands the contents of the Caring for Creation Social Statement.

Beyond Eschatology: Environmental Pessimism and the Future of Human Hoping, Willa Swenson-Lengyl, Journal of Religious Ethics (2017). The author examines the issues of eschatological reflection and hope during our environmental crises.

Moral Paralysis and Practical Denial: Environmental Ethics in Light of Human Failure, Willa Swenson-Lengyl, Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics (2017). Interfacing psychological and sociological research with a Lutheran meaning for sin, the author investigates the forms of inaction regarding our response to climate change.

Laudato Si’: On Care For Our Common Home, Encyclical Letter of Pope Francis (2015). This pastoral letter to the Roman Catholic Church is a ground-breaking affirmation about the need for Christian theology and action during the climate crisis.