Section Info: FYSEM-110RE-01

Course Title: Religion and Climate Change
Start Date: 09/06/2023 End Date: 12/19/2023
Term: Fall Semester 2023
Description: Religion and climate change might seem to be an odd combination. After all, we tend to imagine religion as the domain of faith, emotion, and the otherworldly and the climate as the realm of science, objective knowledge, and the here and now. Nevertheless, this course investigates their sometimes surprising connections. For example, how do religious communities work to promote or oppose political action on climate change? How do religious conceptions about God's relationship with nature or with humanity impact adherents' views on climate change? How might the futures predicted by climate models and those prophesied in sacred texts affect people's actions today?
Distribution(s): NO - Meets No Distrib. Rqmt , FY - First-Year Seminar , SI - Speaking-Intensive , WI - Writing-Intensive
Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     Credits:4.00    

Faculty         Phone         Email address        
William Girard             wgirard@mtholyoke.edu  

Meeting Dates         Method         Meeting days         Meeting times         Building name         Room     Frequency    
09/06/2023 - 12/19/2023   Seminar   Tuesday and Thursday   10:30AM - 11:45AM   LIBR - Williston Memorial Library   618   Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses        
None                    

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Additional Comments        
Course Tags        
FYSEM0001   First-Year Seminar   This is a First-Year Seminar.  

Cross-listed Sections        
None  

Course Availability
Section status: Closed     Capacity: 14     Enrollment: 17     Available: 0     Waitlist: 0

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List         Required         Publisher Full Price        
To be determined.                    

Additional Book Comments        
This is NOT the complete book list for this class.