RELS 3352 Religion, Spirituality, Ecology

This course investigates the way religious traditions have conditioned our relationship to the environment, through a survey of both Western (Judeo-Christian-Islamic) and Eastern (Chinese, Japanese, and Indian) traditions. It also engages with recent non-traditional religious responses to our environmental crises, such as Deep Ecology, Dark Green Religions, Eco-Feminism, and nature-based spirituality. Goals are to identify and evaluate ecological attitudes, values and practices of diverse traditions, to identify common grounds for understanding environmental issues from a religious perspective, and to highlight the specific resources that comprise such ground within scripture, ritual, myth, symbol, sacrament, and the like.

Credits

3

Cross Listed Courses

Credit cannot be earned for both RELS 3352 and PHIL 3352.

Schedule Type

Lecture

Grading Basis

Standard Letter (A-F)

Administrative Unit

Department of Philosophy

Offered

As scheduled