Larry Rasmussen’s Climate Letters to his Grandchildren

Renown theologian and Christian environmental ethicist Larry Rasmussen–a resident of Santa Fe and a member of the New Mexico El Paso-IPL advisory committee–has mentored a generation of Christians in eco-theology and green religion. “He rooted his courses and scholarship at Union Theological Seminary in the practice of environmental justice with communities and community leaders. He has published numerous books, including two landmark, award-winning volumes, Earth Community, Earth Ethics and Earth-honoring Faith: Religious Ethics in a New Key.  Read a longer bio

Rasmussen’s latest work, entitled The Planet You Inherit: Letters to My Grandchildren when Uncertainty’s a Sure Thing, is set for publication on November 29.

Here is a short description from the publisher’

Our children’s and grandchildren’s generation will face a different world, one affected by climate instability, mass uncertainty, and breathtaking extinction. In fact, the next generation will face the reality that human activity is changing the planet from one geological epoch to another.

From this vantage point—two generations across two geological epochs facing a fundamentally changing planet—Larry Rasmussen writes to his grandchildren. As a grandfather invested in a green earth and climate justice as well as a scholar of faith-based earth ethics, Rasmussen bridges this gap between generations to write to the future about climate change, global citizenship, democracy, and legacy. In topics ranging from “A Viable Way of Life” and “Democracy” to “Where We’ve Come From” and “Who We Are Now,” Rasmussen explores the large questions of justice, meaning, and faith, encouraging us to speak to and look to the future generation and their future world.

You can purchase the book at a handful of independent bookstores in New Mexico.

Bookworks in Albuquerque upon publication on Nov. 29 or Pre-order here

Page 1 Books in Albuquerque  Pre-Order Here

Collected Works in Santa Fe

COAS Books in Las Cruces Pre-order here

Literaty Book Shop in El Paso, TX  Pre-order here

You can also pre-order the book from national book sellers  Option 1   Option 2