FYS 1186 - Religion and the EarthCredits: 4
In what ways might contemporary understandings of “nature” be informed by world religious traditions? How do religious groups understand the environment and their relation to it, and how do these ideas translate into action or inaction? What resources might world religions, indigenous traditions, and ecospirituality movements offer for environmental ethics? This course investigates some intersections of religion and ecology, taking a global and historical approach to examining religious and cultural impacts on environmental attitudes. Using a comparative perspective and pulling from theological, philosophical, and sociological writings, it also considers the contributions of eco-justice, ecofeminist, deep ecology, and environmental anti-racism movements.
Offered: Fall only, on demand
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar
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