Climate change raises numerous ethical as well as spiritual issues: How does humanity fit into the bigger picture when it must hold itself responsible for threatening life? Consequently, religions have embraced the environmental issue as a central concern in recent decades. With the rise of Christian nationalism in the USA (and increasingly in Germany as well), a powerful alternative narrative has now emerged: Climate change does not exist, or it is not man-made, or it does not fundamentally threaten life on Earth, or at the very least, it must not stand in the way of the economy and the pursuit of power by “Christian” nations. This lecture examines these narrative patterns and demonstrates: Even those who are religiously indifferent cannot remain indifferent to what is thought about climate change from an ethical and spiritual perspective!

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Andreas Kubik-Boltres, Osnabrück University, Department of Education and Cultural Studies, Chair of Practical Theology and Religious Education

Admission is from 18:30. For those who cannot be there, there will be a  livestream.

With the lecture series "Climate and Biodiversity in Crisis: Paths to a Sustainable Future", Scientists for Future would like to make scientific findings and the resulting opportunities for action towards a sustainable way of life accessible to a broad public. It is aimed at all interested citizens. In addition to technical solutions (e.g. renewable energies), the presentations will also cover legal, economic and social aspects that are essential for political implementation and the creation of structural conditions for effective climate protection.