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She has traveled to Bali and India on different occasions to participate in yoga [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/healing-as-a-multimedia-practice-contemporary-spirituality-in-turkey-part-1-duygu-sendag/) ![Greening America’s Virtues (Nick Mather)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2024/10/rockymountainnps_1.webp) ### [Greening America’s Virtues (Nick Mather)](/religioustheory/posts/greening-americas-virtues-nick-mather/) October 2, 2024 — By [Nick Mather](/authors/nick-mather/) Religion and Ecology The United States likes to present itself as a global leader, yet, when it comes to tackling what is arguably the greatest crisis facing humanity, global [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/greening-americas-virtues-nick-mather/) ![Conference on Religion and Bioethics – Call for Proposals](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2024/09/human_genome.webp) ### [Conference on Religion and Bioethics – Call for Proposals](/religioustheory/posts/conference-on-religion-and-bioethics-call-for-proposals/) September 26, 2024 — By [editors](/editors/) Conferences This call for proposals frames a conference on religion and bioethics, inviting interdisciplinary work on ethics, theology, policy, and emerging The argument [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/conference-on-religion-and-bioethics-call-for-proposals/) ![Sikh Environmental Ethics-Theory and Praxis Part 2 (Harpreet Kaur)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2024/09/107202997-jpg-gallery.webp) ### [Sikh Environmental Ethics-Theory and Praxis Part 2 (Harpreet Kaur)](/religioustheory/posts/sikh-environmental-ethics-theory-and-praxis-part-2-harpreet-kaur/) August 24, 2024 — By [Harpreet Kaur](/authors/harpreet-kaur/) Sikhism The following is the second installment of a two-part series. The first can be found here. Many verses can be retrieved to prompt human beings to be thankful [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/sikh-environmental-ethics-theory-and-praxis-part-2-harpreet-kaur/) ![Sikh Environmental Ethics-Theory and Praxis Part 1 (Harpreet Kaur)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2024/09/4537954501_6aa8869549_b.webp) ### [Sikh Environmental Ethics-Theory and Praxis Part 1 (Harpreet Kaur)](/religioustheory/posts/sikh-environmental-ethics-theory-and-praxis-part-1-harpreet-kaur/) August 7, 2024 — By [Harpreet Kaur](/authors/harpreet-kaur/) Sikhism Eco-philosophy, or ecosophy, offers insight into the relationship of living beings with their environment. 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Smith](/authors/j-c-smith/) Environmental Ethics In recent years, the world’s religions, including the Abrahamic faiths as well as Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism and various indigenous forms of spirituality, have [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/religious-faith-in-pursuit-of-environmental-justice-chris-durante/) ![What Black Disabled Bodies Can Teach Us About Environmental Justice (Robert Monson)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2024/07/disabled_bipoc_in_front_of_pride_flag.webp) ### [What Black Disabled Bodies Can Teach Us About Environmental Justice (Robert Monson)](/religioustheory/posts/what-black-disabled-bodies-can-teach-us-about-environmental-justice-robert-monson/) July 10, 2024 — By [Robert Monson](/authors/robert-monson/) Disability As early as 2014, governmental officials in the city of Flint, Michigan made a series of decisions that would prove to have deleterious effects on the people [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/what-black-disabled-bodies-can-teach-us-about-environmental-justice-robert-monson/) ![Metaphysical Protestantism-A Comparative Literary Ecology (Zane Johnson)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2024/09/20210225-104958-clear-cut-forests-eugene-or-webextent0106.webp) ### [Metaphysical Protestantism-A Comparative Literary Ecology (Zane Johnson)](/religioustheory/posts/metaphysical-protestantism-a-comparative-literary-ecology-zane-johnson/) June 5, 2024 — By [Zane Johnson](/authors/zane-johnson/) Religion and Literature The influence of religions on human attitudes toward the non-human, whether beneficent or deleterious, has been the subject of serious scholarly debate since at [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/metaphysical-protestantism-a-comparative-literary-ecology-zane-johnson/) ![The Image of God and Our Vocation of the Soil, Part 2 (Mick Pope)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2024/09/thomas_cole_-_the_garden_of_eden_1828.webp) ### [The Image of God and Our Vocation of the Soil, Part 2 (Mick Pope)](/religioustheory/posts/the-image-of-god-and-our-vocation-of-the-soil-part-2-mick-pope/) May 24, 2024 — By [Mick Pope](/authors/mick-pope/) Uncategorized Reviews Mythology Philosophy of Religion Psychoanalysis Psychology of Religion The article is published in two installments. The first can be found here. It is generally recognised that the Garden story is more environmentally friendly [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-image-of-god-and-our-vocation-of-the-soil-part-2-mick-pope/) ![The Image of God and Our Vocation of the Soil, Part 1 (Mick Pope)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2024/09/eckelrade-wegkruis_linderweg-eckelraderweg.webp) ### [The Image of God and Our Vocation of the Soil, Part 1 (Mick Pope)](/religioustheory/posts/the-image-of-god-and-our-vocation-of-the-soil-mike-pope/) May 3, 2024 — By [Mick Pope](/authors/mick-pope/) Religion and Ecology Earth history has entered a new geological era known as the Anthropocene. The commonly agreed origin of this era was the 1950s with the “Great Acceleration,” a [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-image-of-god-and-our-vocation-of-the-soil-mike-pope/) ![The Environmental Ethics of Pope Francis – Parsing Key Terms and Claims In Laudato Si’ (Thomas Massaro, S.J.)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2024/09/15448438025_31e8467aa3_b.webp) ### [The Environmental Ethics of Pope Francis – Parsing Key Terms and Claims In Laudato Si’ (Thomas Massaro, S.J.)](/religioustheory/posts/the-environmental-ethics-of-pope-francis-parsing-key-terms-and-claims-in-laudato-si-thomas-massaro-s-j/) April 17, 2024 — By [Thomas Massaro](/authors/thomas-massaro/) Religion and Ecology On October 4, 2023, Pope Francis published the apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum (“Praise God”), an 8000-word document advocating for urgent action to counter [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-environmental-ethics-of-pope-francis-parsing-key-terms-and-claims-in-laudato-si-thomas-massaro-s-j/) ![Religious Sacrificial Sympathy- How Man Became More Valuable Than Beast (Kev Grane)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2024/09/3725.webp) ### [Religious Sacrificial Sympathy- How Man Became More Valuable Than Beast (Kev Grane)](/religioustheory/posts/religious-sacrificial-sympathy-how-man-became-more-valuable-than-beast-kev-grane/) March 15, 2024 — By [Kev Grane](/authors/kev-grane/) Cultural Theory Announcements Critical Theory Political Theology Political Theory The religious attitude of the West today demonstrates a consumerist ethos that would have been deeply foreign to the religious discourse of old It highlights [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/religious-sacrificial-sympathy-how-man-became-more-valuable-than-beast-kev-grane/) ![Sikhs As Subalterns – Voice, Inequality, And Power, Part 3 (Nirvikar Singh)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2024/02/golden_temple_sikhism.webp) ### [Sikhs As Subalterns – Voice, Inequality, And Power, Part 3 (Nirvikar Singh)](/religioustheory/posts/sikhs-as-subalterns-voice-inequality-and-power-part-3-nirvikar-singh/) February 8, 2024 — By [Nirvikar Singh](/authors/nirvikar-singh/) Postcolonial Theory Theology The following is the third installment of a three part series. The first can be found here, the second here. It is published as a catalogued .PDF in article in [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/sikhs-as-subalterns-voice-inequality-and-power-part-3-nirvikar-singh/) ![Sikhs As Subalterns – Voice, Inequality, And Power, Part 2 (Nirvikar Singh)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2024/02/peace_symposium_between_sikhs_muslims_of_pakistan.webp) ### [Sikhs As Subalterns – Voice, Inequality, And Power, Part 2 (Nirvikar Singh)](/religioustheory/posts/sikhs-as-subalterns-voice-inequality-and-power-part-2-nirvikar-singh/) January 26, 2024 — By [Nirvikar Singh](/authors/nirvikar-singh/) Postcolonial Theory Theology Indigenous Religions The following is the second installment of a three part series. The first can be found here. It is published as a catalogued .PDF in article in the latest issue [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/sikhs-as-subalterns-voice-inequality-and-power-part-2-nirvikar-singh/) ![Sikhs As Subalterns – Voice, Inequality, and Power, Part 1 (Nirvikar Singh)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2024/02/sikh_man_agra_10.webp) ### [Sikhs As Subalterns – Voice, Inequality, and Power, Part 1 (Nirvikar Singh)](/religioustheory/posts/sikhs-as-subalterns-voice-inequality-and-power/) January 10, 2024 — By [Nirvikar Singh](/authors/nirvikar-singh/) Postcolonial Theory Indigenous Religions The following article is the first of three installments. It is published as a catalogued .PDF in article in the latest issue of the Journal for Cultural and [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/sikhs-as-subalterns-voice-inequality-and-power/) ![The Re-Enchantment Of Bodies – The Transformative Power Of Charismatic Healings, Part 2 (Anna Magnasco)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-25-at-5-56-48-pm.webp) ### [The Re-Enchantment Of Bodies – The Transformative Power Of Charismatic Healings, Part 2 (Anna Magnasco)](/religioustheory/posts/the-re-enchantment-of-bodies-the-transformative-power-of-charismatic-healings-part-2-anna-magnasco/) December 12, 2023 — By [Anna-Maria Magnasco](/authors/anna-maria-magnasco/) Anthropology of Religion Art Theory The following is the first of a two-part series. The first installment can be found here. It was originally published in issue 22.1 of the Journal for Cultural [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-re-enchantment-of-bodies-the-transformative-power-of-charismatic-healings-part-2-anna-magnasco/) ![The Re-Enchantment Of Bodies – The Transformative Power Of Charismatic Healings, Part 1 (Anna Magnasco)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/12/st_peter_and_st_john_healing_the_cripple_1841_wellcome_l0000122-1210x642.webp) ### [The Re-Enchantment Of Bodies – The Transformative Power Of Charismatic Healings, Part 1 (Anna Magnasco)](/religioustheory/posts/the-re-enchantment-of-bodies-the-transformative-power-of-charismatic-healings-part-1-anna-magnasco/) November 28, 2023 — By [Anna-Maria Magnasco](/authors/anna-maria-magnasco/) Anthropology of Religion Art Theory Part 1 investigates charismatic healing as embodied practice, arguing that affect, ritual, and perception can reconfigure modern assumptions about agency and [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-re-enchantment-of-bodies-the-transformative-power-of-charismatic-healings-part-1-anna-magnasco/) ![The Sacred As Bordering Practice, Part 2 (Anna-Maria Edlinger)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/12/img_1693.webp) ### [The Sacred As Bordering Practice, Part 2 (Anna-Maria Edlinger)](/religioustheory/posts/the-sacred-as-bordering-practice-part-2-anna-maria-edlinger/) November 13, 2023 — By [Anna-Maria Edlinger](/authors/anna-maria-edlinger/) Political Theology Announcements Political Philosophy Political Theory Philosophy The following is the second of a two-part series. 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