An insightful collection of articles investigating practical and faith reponses to disasters.
Contents
Acknowledgments 9
Introduction 10
Chapter 1. Disasters: Natural or Unnatural? 19
Robert White
Chapter 2. Disasters, Injustice, and the Goodness of Creation
36
Jonathan Moo
Chapter 3. “What Good is God?” Disasters, Faith,
and Resilience 55
Roger Abbott
Chapter 4. Physician Heal Thyself: His Grace is Sufficient
73
Linda Mobula
Chapter 5. Disasters, Blame, and Forgiveness (with Special
Reference to the
“Lockerbie Disaster”) 90
John Mosey
Chapter 6. Haitian Womanhood, Faith, and Earthquakes 109
Marie and Lucie
Chapter 7. Disaster: What Survivors Think, and How Best to Help
124
Luc Honorat
Chapter 8. How One Church Survived Hurricane Katrina (and What
They Learned, with the Help of God) 138
Ken Taylor
Chapter 9. Climate Change: A Disaster in Progress 154
Hugh Rollinson
Chapter 10. COVID-19 Pandemic: A Christian Perspective 171
Robert White and Roger Abbott
Afterword 185
Roger Abbott and Robert White
Professor Robert (Bob) White is Professor of Geophysics in the
Department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge and was elected a Fellow
of the Royal Society in 1994. He is Director of the Faraday
Institute for Science and Religion. He is the author of Who is to
Blame and What Good is God? by Monarch.
Professor Robert (Bob) White is Professor of Geophysics in the
Department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge and was elected a Fellow
of the Royal Society in 1994. He is Director of the Faraday
Institute for Science and Religion. He is the author of Who is to
Blame and What Good is God? by Monarch.
Roger Abbott is Senior Research Associate in ‘Natural’ Disasters
for The Faraday Institute, Cambridge. Following many years in
pastoral work, where his first introductions to responding to
disasters were learned, he went on to gain his Ph.D. in a practical
theology of major incident response in the U.K., before expanding
his research experience more globally with The Faraday Institute.
His publications include Siton Our Hands, or Stand on Our Feet?
(2013), Hello? Is Anyone There?, and Narratives of Faith from the
Haiti Earthquake (2019). He has publishedin journals such as
Religions and Practical Theology. He has also beena volunteer
chaplain responder to major disasters in the U.K. and abroad. He is
the author of What Good is God by Monarch.
Roger Abbott is Senior Research Associate in ‘Natural’ Disasters
for The Faraday Institute, Cambridge. Following many years in
pastoral work, where his first introductions to responding to
disasters were learned, he went on to gain his Ph.D. in a practical
theology of major incident response in the U.K., before expanding
his research experience more globally with The Faraday Institute.
His publications include Siton Our Hands, or Stand on Our Feet?
(2013), Hello? Is Anyone There?, and Narratives of Faith from the
Haiti Earthquake (2019). He has publishedin journals such as
Religions and Practical Theology. He has also beena volunteer
chaplain responder to major disasters in the U.K. and abroad. He is
the author of What Good is God by Monarch.
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