Welcome to the redesign of the Forum on Religion and Ecology newsletter! We have much to share with you this month.
There will be a special graduate student conference at Yale Divinity School on April 21, 2017. The deadline for paper submissions for the “Graduate Conference in Religion & Ecology: Ethos, Ethics, and the Environment” is January 30, 2017.
Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim are teaching four MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) at Yale through the online platform, Coursera. You may audit the courses free of charge. For more information, see below.
We are happy to invite you to a special summer workshop at Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, NM, USA entitled “Journey of the Universe: An Epic Story for Our Shared Future.” This event will be held July 2-8, 2017. For more information see below.
We are delighted to let you know that the following colleges and universities have a job opening in the area of religion and ecology: University of California at Santa Barbara; Santa Clara University; St. Olaf; Carleton; Dartmouth; University of North Texas; and Marquette. This is an affirmation and an indication that 20 years after the Harvard conferences, religion and ecology has fully arrived as a field in academia.
We hope this newsletter supports your own work and helps you further your engagements with the field of Religion and Ecology.
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Yale University Online Classes
Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim are currently offering four six-week online courses featured as a specialization under the theme of "Journey of the Universe: A Story for Our Times." The courses (with the exception of the capstone) are free to audit and you can sign up at anytime. To register go to the Coursera site here.
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Ecology and Justice Series
Published by Orbis Books, the Ecology and Justice Series on Integral Ecology seeks to integrate an understanding of Earth’s interconnected life systems with sustainable social, political, and economic systems that enhance the Earth community. This month we are featuring the title Worldviews and Ecology. For full info on this volume visit the Orbis site here. For further details on the entire series, visit our site here.
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Contemplation and Care for Creation Program
If you relish the idea of exploring, in company with others, the “ecology” of the interaction of Christian faith and spirituality with environmental consciousness, consider participating in the Center for Religion and Environment’s non-credit certificate program, a one-year on-site and online program beginning May 27, 2017 through Sewanee: The University of the South.
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Religion and Ecology Concentration
We're excited to announce that Yale Divinity School is launching a new concentrated program of study in the Master of Arts in Religion (M.A.R.) degree path in Religion and Ecology. It will be the first program of its kind in the United States and will draw on faculty resources from across the theological disciplines. This program grows out of the decades-long work of Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim. Read the full story on our site here.
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Ghost Ranch Workshop
Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, NM will host a special workshop entitled “Journey of the Universe: An Epic Story for Our Shared Future” July 2-8, 2017. This event is 10th in a series on Earth-Honoring Faith: A Song of Songs. The goal of the series is to construct justice-centered, Earth-Honoring Christianities that promote interfaith efforts on common earth issues. For more information visit our site here.
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Schumacher College UK/China Collaboration
This year, a collaborative course entitled "Transitioning To An Ecological Civilization: Dialogues East And West” will be held at Schumacher College, Southwest University, and various other locations in China. In-person sessions take place in February and June 2017 with an online learning component between sessions. For more information visit the Schumacher site here.
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Paul Winter Consort at Massaro Farm
Massaro Community Farm will host the Paul Winter Consort for a benefit concert at the Church of the Assumption in Ansonia, CT February 26, 2017. This event will be the culmination of Massaro Farm’s 100th anniversary celebration. Reception at 3pm, concert at 5pm, followed by a meet-and-greet with the musicians. Find out more on our site here.
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Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology
Worldviews has as its focus the relationships between religion, culture and ecology world-wide. Articles discuss major world religious traditions in relation to cultural and ecological systems. Focusing on a range of disciplinary areas, the journal also presents special issues that center around one theme. For more information, visit the publisher's site here.
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Webinars by GSI
Green Seminary Initiative is hosting a series of five webinars offered every two weeks around the five focus areas of the Green Seminary Initiative. These areas are Education; Liturgy, Ritual, and Worship; Building & Grounds; Community Life; and Public Leadership. The recording for the first webinar on EcoTheological Education can be viewed here. For more on the full series go to the GSI website.
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