| Course Title: Religion and Ecological Movements |
| Start Date: 09/06/2023 End Date: 12/19/2023 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2023 |
| Description: This course introduces students to the complex relationships among religion, ecology, and culture. Religions have been instrumental in shaping how societies understand what nature is and what humans' place in it is. Environments have also molded religions, spiritualties, and societies. In this course, we explore how ecological movements of all sorts--from the global to the local--draw upon religions, faith traditions, and spiritualities from all around the world to advance their diverse goals. Some framing questions include: How do global faith/religious traditions hinder or support ecological regeneration? Can spiritual-led eco-movements help reorient and re-imagine the dominant views of nature spurred by Western religions? Is an ecologically oriented society possible or even desirable? What would it look like? How does intersectionality figure into ecological concerns? What about animal rights? These and other questions invite students to gain a deeper understanding of our being and actions amid an increasingly fragile ecosystem and ever-expanding cosmos. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , MP - Multicultural Perspectives |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Cesar Baldelomar | cbaldelomar@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/06/2023 - 12/19/2023 | Discussion | Monday and Wednesday | 03:15PM - 04:30PM | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory | 225 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| ENVST-HUM | ENVST-HUM: Env Studies pre-2024 Minor - Humanities | This course has been approved to count towards the Environmental Studies minor Humanities area. |
| CRPE0001 | CRPE-1: CRPE - Major Pathway/Minor | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE major pathway and the CRPE minor. |
| CRPE0003 | CRPE-3: Critical Social Thought - Major Pathway | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE Critical Social Thought major pathway. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 18 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Parable of the Sower Author: Butler, Octavia E. Copyright: 1993 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781538732182 Publisher: Grand Central Publishing |
Required | 16.99 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |