Is environmentalism a religion?

Authors

David Gordon Brown, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's UniversityFollow
Ernest Diedrich, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's UniversityFollow
William Lamberts, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's UniversityFollow
Derek R. Larson, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's UniversityFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

4-27-2007

Abstract

An interdisciplinary group of Environmental Studies faculty participated in an "environment and religion" reading group, funded by the Vocation Project, in 2005-2006. Members of the group will present an overview of their project-- including reading lists --to the Forum and facilitate a discussion of some of the central questions raised by the exercise, including "Is environmentalism a religion?" and "What role should organized religion play in protecting the environment?" Multiple-- perhaps even conflicting --viewpoints will be shared on the place of environment in various Christian traditions as well as perspectives on nature from Islamic, Jewish, Native American, and several eastern traditions as a background to a discussion with the audience of the role of religion and religious communities in addressing the environmental crisis of the 21st century.

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Recommended Citation

Brown, David Gordon; Diedrich, Ernest; Lamberts, William; and Larson, Derek R., "Is environmentalism a religion?" (2007). Forum Lectures. 263.
https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/forum_lectures/263