Ep 53: Jacynthia Murphy and Silvia Purdie – Aotearoa New Zealand’s women in creation care

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Field Notes
Ep 53: Jacynthia Murphy and Silvia Purdie – Aotearoa New Zealand’s women in creation care
Jul 03, 2025 Season 1 Episode 53
A Rocha

Rev Jacynthia Murphy is of Māori descent and serves in a Pākehā parish. In this conversation with Rev Silvia Purdie and the Field Notes hosts she discusses her indigenous perspective on faith and her passionate environmentalism. She is one of the women featured in “Awhi Mai Awhi Atu: Women in Creation Care,” edited by Silvia (Philip Garside Publishing, 2022). Silvia is a counsellor and pastoral theologian who offers training for environmental sustainability and is communicates extensively about the mental health impacts of the climate crisis.

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