2024 Climate Grant Archives - Science for Seminaries

Starr King School for the Ministry

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This project supports Starr King School for the Ministry in integrating the realities of climate collapse and interrelated systemic global injustices into the heart of the seminary’s courses in religious education and faith development. In addition, in the spring of 2025, this project will allow Starr King School to partner

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United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities

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This grant expands United Theological Seminary’s work in its Eco-Justice program, established in 2022. The purpose of this project is two-fold: firstly (a) building faculty member’s capacities to teach on climate science and (b) inviting experts on climate science to give guest lectures in classes, which in turn would strengthen

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St. John’s School of Theology and Seminary

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With an Abby Arboretum of more than 2,500 acres, nature center with community programs, and undergraduate Environmental Studies department, St. John’s is a center for environmental studies in Minnesota. With this grant, they are developing a structure within St. john’s School of Theology to incorporate a Benedictine ecotheology within the

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University of Chicago Divinity School

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The University of Chicago Divinity School aims to convene communities of support and creative imagining to conceive of and live out a good life in the face of climate change through the project titled, “Living Well During Climate Change.” They are doing this through a year-long discussion group comprised of

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Fuller Theological Seminary

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Fuller Seminary is creating a learner-focused course on their digital learning platform, Fuller Equip, to inspire and empower ministry leaders and their congregations to take action on creation care. The topics engaged in this course will include “the blending of eco-theology and eco-spirituality through biblical studies and scientific evidences, examining

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Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary

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In 2020, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary launched the Center for Climate Justice and Faith to better equip current and emerging faith leaders to respond to the climate crisis in ways that further economic, racial, and gender justice. In response to requests from Spanish-speaking leaders from the Lutheran church, they launched

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Holy Apostles College & Seminary

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With this course engagement project, Holy Apostles College & Seminary seeks to merge climate-related science and the Catholic intellectual tradition taught by our theology and philosophy programs. They are developing two new interdisciplinary courses through the guidance of an on-campus faculty workshop. They are also hosting a campus-wide lecture series

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Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

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Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary’s (G-ETS) project, “Mattering Faith; A Community-Based Climate Initiative to Measure Environmental Racism,” is a community-based climate initiative addressing the impact of environmental racism in Evanston, Illinois. Through partnering with local community organizations, local churches, and ecologically focused community groups, G-ETS aims to empower seminary students to be

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Nazarene Theological Seminary

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Nazarene Theological Seminary’s (NTS) Climate Informed Communities project is focused on resourcing emerging and current Christian leaders to be better informed about climate science and better prepared to engage climate issues with intelligibility and faithfulness. The project is driven by the assumption that Christian leaders (pastors, directors, lay ministers) a)

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Central Baptist Theological Seminary

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This project enables Central Seminary to build greater capacity to address climate change. A virtual event is planned with a climate scientist speaking about climate change and impactful solutions, with a follow-up faculty development session engaging faculty in discussing the theological education and ministerial preparation implications. Follow-up meetings with seminary

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In furtherance of the AAAS mission of advancing science in service to society, AAAS|DoSER’s role in the Science for Seminaries project is to support efforts to integrate science into seminary education. AAAS|DoSER does not advise on or endorse the theological content of the participating seminaries.