For this episode, we sat down with Kate Rigby to discuss her new book Meditations on Creation in an Era of Extinction. The text is a reclaiming of the ancient theological meditation form, the hexameron, to consider the climate crisis and mass extinction. Meditating on a day of creation in each chapter, she tells us about the insights each day of creation has for the Anthropocene like contemplative practices in the First Day and the move from a “Kingdom” to a “Kindom” of species in the Fifth Day. This episode and the next will be on religion and ecology, a fitting focus on the topic at a time of a new Pope!
Episode recorded March 17, 2025. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
For more of Kate Rigby: https://mesh.uni-koeln.de/
Guest Magpie Recommendation: Magpie Whisperer – https://www.shop.themagpiewhisperer.com/
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