Academic Calendar 2015/2016 - Greening Religion: Nature, Spirituality And Activism


RLCT 3507  Greening Religion: Nature, Spirituality And Activism

Prerequisites:

Any 18 credits completed

Antirequisites:

RLCT 3105 if taken in 2007-2008 or Spring 2008

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

This course will examine the role of religion in shaping attitudes towards the environment. Some of the guiding questions for the course will be: how is religious belief connected to ideas about the natural world? Does religion have a vital role to play in solving the environmental crisis? Are attitudes towards women and nature linked? Are there links between environmentalism and social justice?

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