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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America professes to be a public church constituted by God for its public vocation. Moe-Lobeda explores what it means for the ELCA to play a role in public life today. Sections focus on what it means to be a public church, obstacles to being a…
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Of the many outspoken religious leaders who have taken on the task of persuading the human race that it’s time to take action to save Planet Earth from environmental disaster, my favorite is Cynthia Moe-Lobeda.
I have been deeply and even frantically concerned about the threats to our planet’s fecundity since the early 1970s. And I’ve been frustrated that political and economic leaders have repeatedly derailed almost all attempts to take remedial action.
Working tirelessly over the last four decades, Cynthia Moe-Lobeda has mustered theological and ethical resources and pressed them into the service of raising consciousness not only for…
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