Specialization - Religion and the Environment

RLCT 3507  Religion and the Environment

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?