Symposium: Religion & Environment
Please join us April 19 in the Elliott School State Room for a symposium on Religion and the Environment, featuring two panels of academic and activist perspectives. All are welcome, and refreshments will be served. Come when you can, leave when you must!
Schedule:
12 – 12:15 Introduction
Kelly Pemberton, Associate Professor, Religion and
Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
Meghan Chapple, Director, Office of Sustainability
12:15 – 1:45 Panel One
Kolya Braun-Grenier: “Let Justice Roll Down Like Waters” – Engaging the Faith Community in Watershed Environmental Justice
Evonne Marzouk: Work the Land and Guard it: Environmental Ethics through the Lens of Jewish Thought and Action
Mayfair Yang: Environmentalism through Religious Discourse and Practice: Examples from Small-Town Wenzhou, China
1:45 – 2:15 Break
2:15 – 3:45 Panel Two
Mat McDermott & Gopal Patel: Hindu Environmental Activism on the Front Lines: Challenges of Working in a Multifaith Context
Ines Talamantez: Sacred Struggles for Sacred Waters: Native American Responses to Environmental and Social Injustice
Sarra Tlili: Qur’anic Creation: Anthropocentric Readings and Eco-Centric Possibilities
3:45 – 4:00 Conclusion
Robert Eisen, Chair, Religion
This event is sponsored by the Religion Department, the Office of Sustainability, and the Berz Fund.