Earthkeepers: A Circlewood Podcast on Creation Care and Spirituality · Forrest Inslee

Plundered: The Tangled Roots of Racial and Environmental Injustice, with David Swanson | Ep. 134

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Swanson says Jesus “recreates the entire cosmos,” not just saves souls.

Earth Keepers welcomes David Swanson to talk about his book *Plundered*. He argues that racial injustice and environmental destruction are not separate problems. They grow from the same tangled roots. The conversation opens with the tension many people feel when they look at the news. It then asks whether racism and the climate crisis are connected at a deeper level. Swanson says they are. The discussion traces those connections through culture, geography, history, and theology. It also asks what Christian faith has to do with creation care and repair. Swanson resists nostalgia about a lost creation. He points instead to a recreated world and a role for human caretaking within that larger hope. Jesus stays central to that vision. He is presented as a guard against cynicism and despair, and the empty tomb matters as a sign that plunder does not get the final word. The conversation links that theology to a subversive view of church and discipleship. It is honest about the scale of racism and environmental harm, but it does not collapse into hopelessness. The episode asks listeners to hold justice, land, and faith together instead of keeping them apart.

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A thoughtful, faith-forward discussion that connects creation care, racial justice, and a broader view of Jesus.

David Swanson's conversation about Plundered keeps circling back to the link between racism and environmental harm, and that is where it feels most steady.

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Press play for a faith-rooted conversation about how racism and climate harm may share the same roots.

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