Certificate in Climate Justice and Faith
A program of empowering learning
Announcing our 2023-24 Cohort in the English-language Certificate for Climate Justice and Faith
The Center for Climate Justice and Faith is thrilled to announce 40 participants have been selected from across the globe to participate in the 2023-24 Cohort of the Certificate in Climate Justice and Faith! Those selected are from Jamaica, Kenya, Liberia, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, and the United States. Participants range in age from 18 to 69. These busy, passionate learners are pastors, nurses, chaplains, engineers, students, educators, and work in various humanitarian aid fields.
Applications for the 2023-24 cohort are CLOSED. Sign up for our newsletter to be notified when 2024-25 applications are open.
Description
This certificate offers a cohort-based, online trans-continental curriculum which empowers participants to cultivate moral, spiritual, and practical power for leadership in the work of climate justice in communities of faith and in collaboration with others. Topics covered include theology, ethics, and spirituality related to climate justice; climate change knowledge; and social change practices that connect ecological well-being with racial, economic, and gender justice.
Anyone who is interested in learning about and acting on faith-based initiatives to engage in climate justice work within their context — and who wants to explore spiritual grounding for that work — will benefit from this highly accessible opportunity. This non-degree learning program is 100% online via Zoom and interactive digital learning platforms. We especially encourage applicants from populations most affected by climate change and from member churches of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF). A limited amount of tuition support is available.
Learning Guides
From Lutherans Restoring Creation:
From Lutheran World Federation
Questions?
For more information about this certificate, please contact:
Phoebe Morad
Coordinator of Certificate in Climate Justice and Faith
Expectations of Participants
- Two-four hours of independent work per week for each 15-week semester.
- Engagement in 2 hours of scheduled Zoom meetings with their cohort every month.
- Participation and collaboration with local initiatives, congregations, and/or groups (especially by the second semester) to ensure context-based practice of the concepts discussed in the first semester.
- Willingness to take on the work of climate justice as a spiritual practice within their spheres of influence.
Participants will be better prepared to:
- Lead congregations and other groups in developing or deepening climate justice work in their context.
- Practice climate justice work as a spiritual practice, and lead others in doing so.
- Recognize and address intersections of climate change with racial, economic, and gender-based inequity, and intersections of ecological well-being with racial, economic, and gender justice.
- Articulate biblical, ethical, theological, and spiritual grounding for climate justice.
- Articulate and employ a practical theo-ethical framework for building a more ecologically sustainable and socially equitable society.
- Access key resources of the scientific community related to climate change.
- Collaborate with interfaith and community partners on climate justice.
- Practice hope in the face of the climate crisis.
Tuition
- $600 for the entire program (optional resources from outside organizations may request contributions).
- Scholarships of up to $550 are available based on need.
