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Article

Climate Change, Addiction, and Spiritual Liberation

by
Margaret Bullitt-Jonas
1,2,3
1
Missioner for Creation Care, Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts, Springfield, MA 01103, USA
2
Missioner for Creation Care, Southern New England Conference, United Church of Christ, Framingham, MA 01702, USA
3
Creation Care Advisor, Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Religions 2021, 12(9), 709; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12090709
Submission received: 4 August 2021 / Revised: 26 August 2021 / Accepted: 27 August 2021 / Published: 1 September 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Spirituality and Addiction)

Abstract

Climate scientists have sounded the alarm: The only way to preserve a planet that is generally habitable for human beings is to carry out a transformation of society at a rate and scale that are historically unprecedented. Can we do this? Will we do this? Drawing on her long-term recovery from addiction and on her decades of ministry as a climate activist, the author reflects on how understanding the dynamics of addiction and recovery might inform our efforts to protect the web of life and to bear witness to the liberating God of love who makes all things new.
Keywords: addiction; recovery; Twelve-Step Program; climate change addiction; recovery; Twelve-Step Program; climate change

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