ABSTRACT
Human-caused environmental change, as science clearly points out, is becoming dangerous, that is, irreversibly changing climatic and other conditions for life systems. When approaching climate change from a theological perspective, the challenge is to explore the desire and spiritual driving forces that are implicit and explicit in environmental commitments. Science and politics are the dominant power constellations—or "climate regimes"—that control the public discourse on climate change. The participation of faith communities is needed in adapting to climate change if social life is to be reconstructed with ecological justice for all. Dramatic environmental change therefore has been interpreted as a means for people to find their way back to an ecologically right path. A wisdom-based discourse, however, explores reasons for why local and translocal perceptions need to be included, along with practical knowledge and skills for surviving with dignity in sustainable environments.
