What Would Jesus Do?

Through social science-engaged theology, this chapter asks which ecotheological ideas actually mobilise change. It analyses ‘vocabularies of motive’ and collective-action frames to compare two Christian climate vocations—‘steward’ and ‘prophet’—whose scripts range from institutional sustainability to civil disobedience. Across institutions and movements, justice framings interact with stewardship’s ‘quiet, slow’ ethos and authorise stronger actions. It then examines how UK discursive opportunity structures in church and public life enable stewardship yet constrain prophecy. Finally, it reframes activism soteriologically, testing claims about civil disobedience as sacrament, flagging thin political diagnosis on both sides, and proposing tactical rapprochement around civil disobedience oriented by a Christic ‘shaping’.