Dawn mist in the Jamison Valley, Echo Point, 1935. Photo: Harry Phillips. Blue Mountains City Library. Rod Benson To arrive at Echo Point, Katoomba, for the first time is to discover that photographs have concealed the scale of the place. You approach through an ordinary mountain town, walk toward the edge of the plateau, and …
Reading Scripture in a Climate Emergency (Part 3)
Ecological hermeneutics in congregational life Biblical interpretation shapes Christian imagination long before it forges explicit ethical stances on public issues. How Christians understand what Scripture teaches about creation, human identity, salvation, possession, hope and responsibility influences how they inhabit the world. Ecological hermeneutics—the interpretation of texts with attention to the intrinsic value of Earth, the …
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