Introduction In recent years, the world’s religions, including the Abrahamic faiths as well as Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism and various indigenous forms of spirituality, have been increasingly turning their ethical gaze toward the intersection of social, economic and ecological justice issues. This gives me hope because I believe many environmental injustices persist because the values of […]
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What Black Disabled Bodies Can Teach Us About Environmental Justice (Robert Monson)
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 and environment of Flint. As officials sought to make room in the budget, they decided to switch the city’s water supply to the polluted Flint River without a […]
The Environmental Ethics of Pope Francis – Parsing Key Terms and Claims In Laudato Si’ (Thomas Massaro, S.J.)
On October 4, 2023, Pope Francis published the apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum (“Praise God”), an 8000-word document advocating for urgent action to counter climate change.[1] Its date of publication is significant on two accounts. First, it was released on the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi, the thirteenth-century Italian mystic who is recognized as […]
Religious Sacrificial Sympathy- How Man Became More Valuable Than Beast (Kevin S. Grane)
The religious attitude of the West today demonstrates a consumerist ethos that would have been deeply foreign to the religious discourse of old. Perhaps one of the earliest forms of religion, Shamanism, provides the modern critic with a unique insight into the ethos of the spiritual man of the ancient world. Compared with the post-modern […]
The Religious Roots of Environmental Justice – An Online Conference
Sponsored by The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory and The New Polis in co-operation with the University of Denver When: Friday, Oct. 13 to Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023 Where: Online (Zoom) – Registration Required Register or click on this link Keynote Speaker: Catherine Keller Catherine Keller practices theology as a relation between ancient hints of ultimacy and current […]