Climate change is often discussed in terms of science, policy, and technology, but Duncan Forbes approaches it as a spiritual and pastoral crisis that challenges our deepest assumptions about meaning, hope, and human identity. Drawing on his experience in hospice care, biblical themes of exile and lament, and the Christian contemplative tradition, Forbes considers how individuals and communities might respond truthfully to ecological breakdown and an uncertain future.
Central to Forbes’s argument is the importance of recognition, repentance, lament, and grief. Rather than seeking easy reassurance, he explores what it means to face loss honestly, to relinquish inadequate narratives, and to discover forms of hope that emerge only through suffering and uncertainty. Themes of vocation, mortality, compassion, detachment, and the transformation of the heart are woven through a searching narrative. These essays offer a distinctive Christian response to the climate crisis, grounded not in denial or despair but in attentiveness to our responses, responsibility, and love.