In Solidarity with the Earth

Hilda P. Koster is the Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto Associate Professor of Ecological Theology and the Director of the Elliott Allen Institute for Theology and Ecology, Regis St Michael’s Faculty of Theology at the University of Toronto, Canada. Celia Deane-Drummond is Director of the Laudato Si’ Research Institute and Senior Research Fellow in Theology, Campion Hall at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

• Introduction, Hilda P. Koster (University of Toronto, Canada) and Celia Deane-Drummond (University of Oxford, UK)Chapter 1: Human Rights and the Vulnerabilities of Gender in the Context of Climate Emergency and Extractive Industries, Linda Hogan (Trinity College, Ireland)Part 1: Mining Chapter 2: Toxic Environments, Denise Humphreys Bebbington (Clark University, USA) Chapter 3: Countering Colonial Mining: Water Protectors, Environmental Justice and the Creation Community of Saints, Marion Grau (Norwegian School of Theology, Norway) A Practitioner's Response to Denise Humphreys Bebbington and Marion Grau, Marianna Leite (University of Coimbra, Portugal) Part 2: Pollutants and Biodiversity LossChapter 4: Understanding the Impact of Environmental Contaminants on Women from Industrial Pollutants, Felicia Jefferson with B. S. Rheygan Reed and Sierra Cloud (Fort Valley State University, USA)Chapter 5: The Ecological Kairos: Theological Reflections on the Threat of Environmental Plastics to Organismal and Environmental Health, Oliver Putz (University of Oxford, UK)A Practitioner's Response to Felicia Jefferson and Oliver Putz, Kailean Khongsai (A Rocha, UK)Part 3: Toxicology Chapter 6: Toxicity in the Times of Project-Based Development: Indigenous Women Facing Oil and Gold Pollution in the Peruvian Amazon, Deborah Delgado Pugley (Catholic University of Peru, Peru)Chapter 7: Mining and Women’s Activism: Still Under the Surface of Catholic Social Teaching, Lisa Sowle Cahill (Boston College, USA)A Practitioner's Response to Deborah Delgado Pugley and Lisa Sowle Cahill, Dr. Kuzipa Nalwamba (World Council of Churches, Switzerland) Part 4: Global Solidarity Chapter 8: #FRACKOFF: Towards a Decolonial, Eco-Feminist Theological Engagement with Fracking and the MMIWG2S Crisis on the Berthold Reservation in North Dakota, Hilda P. Koster (University of Toronto, Canada)Chapter 9: Rare Earth and Rare Practice of 'Integral Ecology': A Feminist Post-Colonial Reading of ‘Save Malaysia, Stop Lynas’ Protests, Sharon A. Bong (Monash University, Malaysia) A Practitioner's Response to Sharon Bong and Hilda Koster, Josianne Gauthier (CIDSE, Belgium) Theological Vision; Political Implications Chapter 10: Solidarities of Difficult Difference: Towards A Conviviality of the Earth, Catherine Keller (Drew University, USA)Epilogue: Are We Ready to Listen? Tebaldo VinciguerraBibliographyIndex

A powerful collection.