CTA-Madison Area is pleased to sponsor Eco-Justice
Eco-Justice, as faith practice, understands there can be no social justice without ecological justice.
We are inter-related, so eco-justice tackles both.
It believes the non-human nature has rights also and suffers due to human sin (Rom 8:22). Both realms are in need of liberation.
We are inter-related, so eco-justice tackles both.
It believes the non-human nature has rights also and suffers due to human sin (Rom 8:22). Both realms are in need of liberation.
Presented by
Rev. Dr. Neddy Astudillo
Rev. Dr. Neddy Astudillo
Eco-Justice is Creation Care
Shifting the Foundations of Eco-Theology to Include Stewardship, Justice, and Spirituality
An uneasy feeling moves freely through the air these days, while the words of the Gospel keep proclaiming: “Go! and share the Good News with all Creation” (Mark 16:15).
As a pastor of a Latino/a ministry, I find myself struggling, daily, seeking to find new depths for the Evangelist’s words—while I respond to the urgent needs of real people, without forgetting the rest of the earth. Yes! I need to confess: my middle class, westernized-Latina self hoped, when committing to eco-justice ministry that sharing the Good News would always be an easy, fun and far reaching endeavor. But reality increasingly continues to show me otherwise.
Eco-justice work is complicated, and in many countries today is even dangerous. It touches and challenges many aspects of social life and special interests but it is necessary if we want to seriously and faithfully care for God’s earth in a sustainable and transcendent manner.
--- Neddy Astudillo
Shifting the Foundations of Eco-Theology to Include Stewardship, Justice, and Spirituality
An uneasy feeling moves freely through the air these days, while the words of the Gospel keep proclaiming: “Go! and share the Good News with all Creation” (Mark 16:15).
As a pastor of a Latino/a ministry, I find myself struggling, daily, seeking to find new depths for the Evangelist’s words—while I respond to the urgent needs of real people, without forgetting the rest of the earth. Yes! I need to confess: my middle class, westernized-Latina self hoped, when committing to eco-justice ministry that sharing the Good News would always be an easy, fun and far reaching endeavor. But reality increasingly continues to show me otherwise.
Eco-justice work is complicated, and in many countries today is even dangerous. It touches and challenges many aspects of social life and special interests but it is necessary if we want to seriously and faithfully care for God’s earth in a sustainable and transcendent manner.
--- Neddy Astudillo
Saturday, May 10
9 AM – 3 PM
Cost: $30 (includes lunch)
$20 for students
(For scholarship assistance, please inquire at calltoactionmadison@gmail.com)
**Please bring a Bible**
9 AM – 3 PM
Cost: $30 (includes lunch)
$20 for students
(For scholarship assistance, please inquire at calltoactionmadison@gmail.com)
**Please bring a Bible**
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Schedule
8:15-9:00 Registration Light refreshments 9:00-12:00 Biblical Foundations for Eco-Justice work 12:00-1:00 Lunch (provided) 1:00-3:00 Ministering with the Earth: Stewardship, Eco-Justice & Eco-Spirituality |
Location:
Lake Edge Lutheran Church (ELCA) 4032 Monona Dr, Madison WI 53716 Good Shepherd Hall (lower level) Use back entrance (From Monona Dr, turn onto Lake Edge Blvd, then left onto Hegg Ave for entrance into parking lot.) |
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Neddy Astudillo
Neddy Astudillo is an eco-theologian, a graduate of McCormick Theological Seminary (M.Div.), with a D.Min. on “Greening the Church” from Drew University. Neddy, a Venezuelan-American, is the pastor of an Ecumenical (ELCA/PCUSA) Latino ministry in Beloit, Wisconsin and co-founder of the Angelic Organics Learning Center in Caledonia, Illinois. Neddy is also a member of the Wisconsin Interfaith Power and Light Board.
As part of her doctoral program, Neddy has taught Eco-Theology in Latin American seminaries: Guatemala (CEDEPCA), Perú (AETE) & Bolivia (ISEAT). Neddy is a co-author of the National Council of Churches in Christ Declaration "God's Earth is Sacred", and of its latest book: God's Earth is Sacred: Essays on Eco-Justice (2011). Neddy was also published in David Rhoad's book Earth and Word: Classic Sermons on Saving the Planet.
Neddy shares her passion for God's creation through worship, workshops and a Spanish-language website: eco-justicia.org
Neddy Astudillo is an eco-theologian, a graduate of McCormick Theological Seminary (M.Div.), with a D.Min. on “Greening the Church” from Drew University. Neddy, a Venezuelan-American, is the pastor of an Ecumenical (ELCA/PCUSA) Latino ministry in Beloit, Wisconsin and co-founder of the Angelic Organics Learning Center in Caledonia, Illinois. Neddy is also a member of the Wisconsin Interfaith Power and Light Board.
As part of her doctoral program, Neddy has taught Eco-Theology in Latin American seminaries: Guatemala (CEDEPCA), Perú (AETE) & Bolivia (ISEAT). Neddy is a co-author of the National Council of Churches in Christ Declaration "God's Earth is Sacred", and of its latest book: God's Earth is Sacred: Essays on Eco-Justice (2011). Neddy was also published in David Rhoad's book Earth and Word: Classic Sermons on Saving the Planet.
Neddy shares her passion for God's creation through worship, workshops and a Spanish-language website: eco-justicia.org
