Celebrating Eucharist in a Time of Global Climate Change

Abstract

Climate change is an urgent issue facing the whole human community in the 21^st century. For Christian believers, committed to love for God's creation and to respect for the dignity of every person, responding to this issue will need to be central in the life of faith. What does global climate change mean for a Christian community that gathers each Sunday in the name of Jesus to listen to the Word of God and break the bread? This article begins with scientific insights on long-term and human-induced climate change. It draws on insights on creation and the Eucharist both from the West (Teilhard de Chardin) and from the East (John Zizioulas). It builds on these with a theology of the Eucharist as the living memory of all God's creatures.