Table of Contents
Preface ix
Part 1 Climate Change Policies: These Are Moral Matters
Chapter 1 Climate Change and Climate Treaties: The Context for Deliberation 3
Introduction 3
Climate Change Protocol 5
Flexibility Mechanisms the Treaty Allows for Meeting Obligations 15
Chapter 2 Moral Dimensions of Climate Change: Four Formulations 21
The Consequences of Not Curtailing Emissions Will Be Catastrophic 22
It Is Not Obvious That Choosing 1990 as the Base Year for Assigning Emission Allowances Is Fair 28
Forward Movement Is Possible Only When Nations Stop Jockeying over "Responsibility" 33
Moral Responsibility Is Relevant for Achieving Justice 36
Summary 43
Chapter 3 Choosing Our Future: A Fifth Formulation 45
Which Future Should We Value? 45
Sorting through the Scenarios 60
Pat 2 Reading the Bible and Doing Ethics
Chapter 4 The Bible and Ecological Ethics 67
The Scope of the Project of Social Ethics 68
Using Scripture in Ethics 70
The Approach of This Project 79
Chapter 5 Jesus, Torah, and Temple 87
Jesus Was from Galilee 88
Galilee and Judea Had Different Histories 88
The Second Temple Was Associated with Herod 90
The Legitimacy of the High Priest Was Tainted 91
Jesus Challenged the Temple as the Site of Purification 92
Jesus Recommended to Peasants an Alternative Way to Discharge Their Temple Debts 94
Jesus Emphasized the Debt Code over the Purity Code 101
Chapter 6 The Reign of God: Alternative to Empire 107
Chapter 7 Paul's Challenge to Caesar 119
Paul's Focus on the Cross of Christ Is Intrinsically Political 125
Paul Challenged the Emperor by Organizing Ekkl&emacron;siai as an Alternative to Roman Rule 126
Paul's Missionary Efforts Were Necessary in His Eyes to Bring to Fulfillment the Restoration Envisioned in Isaiah 11:10 and Psalm 117:1 126
Paul's Missionary Efforts Were Authorized by the Delivery of the "Collection" 127
Paul Challenged the Patronage System 128
How Can Paul's Relationships to the Ekkl&emacron;siai be Alternatives to the Roman Empire in Light of His Efforts to Limit the Influence of Women? 129
How Can Paul Challenge the Political Authority of the Lord and Savior Caesar While Establishing His Own Position in an Alternative Hierarchical Order? 131
Paul Had Little Concern to Effect System Change in the City-States Where the "Israelites" Were Living 134
Part 3 Biblical Social Ethics and the Kingdom of Oil
Chapter 8 The Atmospheric Global Commons 141
The Reign of God Requires Healthy Communities in Healthy Ecosystems 145
An Alternative to the Kingdom of Oil 147
Community Wind, Community Sun, Community of the Soil, Enlivened Communities 154
Notes 157
Index 183
