Michael Dowd – Another End of the World is Possible

Hope Beyond Hope

We all hold to faith or hope in things that are no longer working for us. We continue to believe in systems that are not just broken but irredeemable. And our belief in those system and our hope in those things keeps them alive and prolongs the harm they do.

Hope Beyond Hope: in memoriam Michael Dowd

Michael Dowd invited us, at the end of the world, to love the world.

A conversation with Michael Dowd

Following the recent death of Michael Dowd, I’ve been reviewing some of his Post-Doom conversations, including his conversation with me from three years ago. Watching it again felt like I was talking to Michael again in the present. It feels as relevant now as ever.

It’s Not Too Late to Love the World: In memoriam Michael Dowd

While a lot of people listening to Michael’s talks might get stuck on the part about how it’s too late to save the world, that part was really just the preface to his real message, which was that it’s not too late to love the world.

Michael Dowd on Death

Everything we value is possible only because of death. We can no longer afford to remain ignorant of it; the cost is too high. Death is no less sacred than life.

Shoutout on Grist

“Pagan environmental activist John Halstead argued in his 2019 book, Another End of the World is Possible, that we need to abandon the obsessive focus on growth and capitalism that has driven us to the brink of collapse.”

Confessions of a Recovering Progressive by Michael Dowd

“Those of us who hold liberal values or progressive values … it’s going to take intention and heartfelt energy to continue to shepherd them, because the environment’s not going to be selecting for that.”

Finding Meaning in the Dark: A Post-Doom Big Picture

Please invite your friends and join me next Sunday (May 3, 2020) at 10am (CDT) for a virtual presentation by eco-theologian, Michael Dowd, about living beyond hope and despair in a time of civilizational collapse. Michael’s message is especially salient during this time of social distancing and global pandemic.