Earlier this year, the New Zealand Parliament passed a remarkable piece of legislation declaring the Whanganui River to be a…
The river is not a person: Indigeneity and the sacred in Aotearoa New Zealand
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Religion and the environment
Climate change and the environment can be contentious issues, particularly in American politics. Despite political differences, weather events such as…
Celebrating Ramadan by going green
For Muslims, Ramadan is a time of fasting---of getting by with less. Traditionally, this has meant abstaining from things like…
Mississippi’s sacrifical lambs
The mounting tides of awfulness in the Gulf of Mexico have prompted increased traffic in Abrahamic language.
Global warming and evolution deniers unite
The New York Times reports today that, in several states around the U.S., global warming deniers have found common cause…
Dark green religion
Religion Dispatches interviews Bron Taylor, author of the recent book Dark Green Religion: Nature Spirituality and the Planetary Future, who…
The cult of green
Philosopher Stephen T. Asma, in the Chronicle of Higher Education, argues that the guilt-feelings associated with contemporary environmentalism bear the…
African apocalypse
At the Guardian's Belief page, Cameron Duodo warns of what climate change may be doing to Africa's religious landscape.