Reading List
American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century
by Kevin Philips
In this disturbing book, Phillips outlines in detail just how much trouble this US ‘empire’ is in. He describes in compelling terms why the era of the US superpower may be coming to an end.
Earth Dance: Living Systems in Evolution
By Elisabet Sahtouris
Sahtouris eloquently describes the journey of evolution, the biological connections of all life, the role of the human in evolution, the threat and the hope posed by our presence on earth.
Field Notes from a Catastrophe
By Elizabeth Kolbert
Sobering, clear recounting of the threat of climate change. Accessible articulation of the science behind it. A damning indictment of the failure to act on the part of the US government. Clarion call to action.
High Tide:The Truth About Our Climate Crisis
By Mark Lynas
Travelogue through communities impacted by global warming around the world — powerful and deeply moving.
Integrating Ecofeminism, Globalization and World Religions
by Rosemary Radford Reuther
Knits together four concerns: globalization, interfaith ecological theology, ecofeminism, and deglobalization movements and thought. Examines how gender needs to be connected with inter-faith ecological theology and with critical analysis of globalization.
Like Grains of Wheat: A Spiritualtiy of Solidarity
By Margaret Swedish and Marie Dennis
Articulates the spirituality of solidarity that has emerged from 25 years of US faith-based solidarity work with the people of Central America.
The Great Turning - From Empire to Earth Community
By David Korten
Makes the case that we humans are a choicemaking species that at this defining moment faces both the opportunity and the imperative to choose our future as a conscious collective act.
The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the 21st Century: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the 21st Century
By James Howard Kuntsler
A doom-and-gloom scenario of what it will mean to face the end of oil, climate change, and the resulting breakdown of civilization.
The Revenge of Gaia: Earth’s Climate Crisis & the Fate of Humanity
By James Lovelock
Very frightening account of how humans, by our unsustainable levels of consumption, are breaking down Gaia, the Earth’s self-regulating balance of life.
The Two-Mile Time Machine: Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change and Our Future
By Richard Alley
A leading climate scientist describes the research of probing ice cores and ocean sediments to understand how climate changes and why. Warns that climate could change abruptly, and that global warming could be a trigger.
