"Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the hills also moved and were shaken"(Psalm 18:7): Clergy, community liaison and Emergency Management. Lessons from the Canterbury earthquakes

Grimshaw, M.Brogt, E.Wilson, T.M.Baird, N.2015-07-272015-07-272014Grimshaw, M., Brogt, E., Wilson, T.M., Baird, N. (2014) "Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the hills also moved and were shaken"(Psalm 18:7): Clergy, community liaison and Emergency Management. Lessons from the Canterbury earthquakes. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: Annual Conference Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (SAANZ), 4-5 Dec 2014.http://hdl.handle.net/10092/10707In this paper, we consider how religious leaders and Civil Defence authorities might collaborate to establish a two-way information conduit during the aftermath of a disaster. Using surveys and in-person interviews, clergy in different Christian denominations were asked about their roles in the earthquake, the needs of their congregations and the possibilities and obstacles to deeper collaboration with Civil Defence authorities.en"Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the hills also moved and were shaken"(Psalm 18:7): Clergy, community liaison and Emergency Management. Lessons from the Canterbury earthquakesField of Research::12 - Built Environment and Design::1205 - Urban and Regional Planning::120501 - Community PlanningFields of Research::37 - Earth sciences::3709 - Physical geography and environmental geoscience::370903 - Natural hazards