Ecology – Page 2

Methodological Challenges to Measuring Transformation

Posted on July 7, 2015July 8, 2015 by Jenn Lindsay

When I set out on my dissertation research, my main question was whether and how interfaith dialogue functions to transform people. I had a hypothesis that people do interfaith dialogue because when d... Read More

Laudato Si’ – Becoming Painfully Aware

Posted on June 23, 2015June 22, 2015 by Chris Crews

This is the first in a multi-part series exploring the Laudato Si’ Encyclical Letter on the environment by Pope Francis. “Our goal is not to amass information or to satisfy curiosity, but rath... Read More

What Can Interfaith Dialogue Really Do? Part 2 of 3

Posted on May 14, 2015May 13, 2015 by Jenn Lindsay

Read Part I here. At lunch after Purim, I heard the rabbi criticize interfaith projects for being “just another religious group.” I reflected on the irony of a religious clergy person dismissing t... Read More

What Can Interfaith Dialogue Really Do? Part 1 of 3

Posted on May 12, 2015May 11, 2015 by Jenn Lindsay

After the most recent Purim morning service at my synagogue, I ate lunch with the rabbi. He told me he thinks interreligious dialogue is an in-group hobby, that interfaith groups become cliques. He fe... Read More

The Farm Wagon and the Apple: Thoughts and Reflections on Being Mennonite

Posted on May 11, 2015May 10, 2015 by Deborah Ruth Ferber

Every time I get off the train, drive 45 minutes south of the nearest city, and breathe in the fresh and familiar farm air, I am reminded of a very vital piece of my past. A part that is missing and y... Read More

Cycling Towards Common Ground

Posted on May 5, 2015May 4, 2015 by Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder

“Either all the earth is holy or none is. Either every square foot of it deserves our respect or none does.” – Wes Jackson In so many places across the globe, the human relationship to natur... Read More

The Kaleidoscope of Activism (Part 2)

Posted on February 18, 2015February 17, 2015 by Jenn Lindsay

(Continued from Part 1) Below is a catalogue of activist methodologies, defined and listed according to aims, vulnerabilities, recommendations, and real-world examples. This categorization may help y... Read More

The Kaleidoscope of Activism (Part 1)

Posted on February 16, 2015February 18, 2015 by Jenn Lindsay

Google dictionary defines activism as “the policy or action of using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change.” But activism isn’t always vigorous and doesn’t always enga... Read More

When the Anthropocene Came to Halji

Posted on January 8, 2015January 7, 2015 by Chris Crews

This is the second in a multi-part series discussing sacred landscapes and religion in the Himalaya. Read the first post here. The rocky trail we had been hiking all day along the Limi River was inter... Read More

Religious Studies Can Help Save the Planet

Posted on December 29, 2014December 28, 2014 by Chris Crews

Recently UC Riverside Religious Studies professor Ivan Strenski published a piece on the Religion Dispatches blog with a provocative question: can religion professors save the planet? He was respondin... Read More