FEBRUARY 2018 NEWSLETTER
We offer this in honor of Black History Month.
“All I'm saying is simply this, that all life is interrelated, that somehow we're caught in an inescapable network of mutuality tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. For some strange reason, I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. You can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality.”
~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, 1965
We encourage you to read a wonderful New York Times op-ed by Drew Dellinger entitled
“Dr. King’s Interconnected World.”
We hope this newsletter supports your own work for the flourishing of the Earth Community in these challenging times.
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Religion and Ecology Concentration
Yale Divinity School has a concentrated program of study in the Master of Arts in Religion (M.A.R.) degree path in Religion and Ecology. It is the first program of its kind in the United States and draws on faculty resources from biblical studies, ethics, liturgical studies, pastoral care, spirituality, theology, and world religions and ecology. This program grows out of the decades-long work of many people in the fields of religion and ecology, in Christianity and ecology, and the leadership of Jennifer Herdt and Greg Sterling. Read more about this concentration here.
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“The Animal-Human Divide” (Online Course)
Paul Waldau will again be teaching an introductory Animal Studies course during Harvard’s 2018 Summer School session. The course “The Animal-Human Divide,” which is entirely online, is listed under the Anthrozoology department. Enrollment opens in March, and the course runs June 23 to August 11. The deadline for registration will be in mid-May. A copy of the course syllabus is available at paulwaldau.com. If you would like to get a sense of the course and how Paul teaches it, you can write Paul directly at pwaldau@gmail.com.
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New Film: AWAKE,
A Dream from Standing Rock
The Water Protectors at Standing Rock captured world attention through their peaceful resistance. While many may know the details, AWAKE, A Dream from Standing Rock captures the story of Native-led defiance that forever changed the fight for clean water, our environment and the future of our planet. The film is a collaboration between Indigenous filmmakers, Director Myron Dewey, Executive Producer Doug Good Feather and environmental Oscar Nominated filmmakers Josh Fox and James Spione.
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Podcasts for Yale Class on “A Communion of Subjects”
We are happy to share podcasts from a Yale University class entitled “A Communion of Subjects: Law, Environment, and Religion,” taught by Douglas Kysar, Mary Evelyn Tucker, and John Grim. This interdisciplinary class was cross-listed with Yale Law School, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and Yale Divinity School. You can listen to the podcasts here. You can also view the syllabus for the class here.
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Nuns Continue to Resist Pipeline
The Adorers of the Blood of Christ continue to demonstrate resistance against a natural gas pipeline in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. As an article from the Global Sisters Report notes, the pipeline fight went to an appeals court in mid-January: "The sisters were appealing the U.S. District Court's decision, in August 2017, to dismiss their claim that the building of a pipeline through their land violated their religious freedom." You can find more news here.
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Webcast Series on Sustainability, Ethics and Action
Globethics.net in collaboration with CITVN has produced a webcast series on the reading of Pope Francis’ environmental encyclical Laudato Si. Over 36 weeks the webcast series will focus on different sections of Laudato Si led by 56 experts from churches, NGOs, businesses, governments and academia related to the environment and sustainability. The broadcast of these sessions started January 30th, and will take place every Tuesday until July. Learn more here.
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