Priests on the shore: climate change and the Anglican Church of Melanesia

Bobbette, A. (2019) Priests on the shore: climate change and the Anglican Church of Melanesia. GeoHumanities, 5(2), pp. 554-569. (doi: 10.1080/2373566x.2019.1644962)

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Abstract

This paper argues that discourses of climate change in the Solomon Islands are being significantly shaped by legacies of Anglican conversion. To understand how climate change is made meaningful therefore means being attentive to the histories and geographies of conversion. Climate change in the Solomon Islands is not only a physical process but a negotiation between new material realities and a Christian cosmos. This paper demonstrates how climate change is made compatible with a Christian cosmos. It also shows how that cosmos is transformed in the process. In the Solomon Islands, this means being attentive to spaces such as shorelines, horizons, ships, names and churches.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Bobbette, Dr Adam
Authors: Bobbette, A.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Geographical and Earth Sciences
Journal Name:GeoHumanities
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
ISSN:2373-566X
ISSN (Online):2373-5678
Published Online:23 August 2019

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