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Environmental Philosophy andTheology (REL 278)

Term: 2020-2021 Academic Year Spring

Faculty

Mel BringleShow MyInfo popup for Mel Bringle
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Schedule

Tue-Fri, 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM (1/19/2021 - 5/7/2021) Location: MAIN MG 220

Description

Although the peoples of the world are divided into multiple cultural and religious groupings, we share one fragile earth. In the 21st century, theology is becoming increasingly aware of this commonality, as the members of various religious groups seek within their own traditions to find both roots of our current ecological crisis and contributions to its potential resolution. This course explores what a variety of religions, both ancient and contemporary, have to say about the relationship between humans, nature, and the sacred, and how practitioners of these religions articulate and enact the responsibility to tend the earth with care. Meets General Education Distribution Areas III.B. or VI.