Religion and Environmental Thought Series
UPCOMING EVENTS
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PAST EVENTS
Professor Anna L. Peterson
Department of Religion, University of Florida
"Religious Values and Environmental Practice"
Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 4 pm
Lucy Ellis Lounge, Foreign Languages Building (Behind Elevators, 1st Floor)
Co-sponsored by the Center for Advanced Study; the School of Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics; the Environmental Council; the School of Earth Sciences and the Environment; the Illinois Natural History Survey; the Envirovet Program in Wildlife and Ecosystem Health; Human Dimensions of Environmental Sciences; and Students for Environmental Concerns.
Professor Michael S. Northcott
School of Divinity, The University of Edinburgh
Public Lecture: "Clouds of Witness: Religion, Ethics and Global Warming"
October 4, 2007 at 4 pm
Location: Author's Corner in the Illini Union Bookstore
Public Lecture: "The Genesis of Extinction"
October 5, 2007 at 4 pm
Location: Author's Corner in the Illini Union Bookstore
These lectures, and the book-signing events held in conjunction with them, will serve as the North American launch of Professor Northcott's new book, A Moral Climate: The Ethics of Global Warming (published by Orbis).
More information about Professor Northcott can be found at his university web page.
Professor Northcott's lectures are co-sponsored by the Center for Advanced Study; the Environmental Council; Human Dimensions of Environmental Sciences; School of Earth, Society, and Environment; Envirovet Program in Wildlife and Ecosystem Health; Engineers Without Borders; Environmental Ethics Discussion Group; and Students for Environmental Concerns
William C. French
Dept. of Theology, and Interim Director of The Center for Ethics and Social Justice, Loyola University, Chicago
"The Dignity of Persons and the Value of Nature"
April 11, 2007 at 4 pm
3rd Floor, Levis Faculty Center
919 W. Illinois St., Urbana
Workshop on Religion and Ecology
Thursday, October 5 and Friday, October 6, 2006
3rd Floor, Levis Faculty Center
For a full program in Word format, which includes more information about the speakers, click here.
Dr. Peter Bakken
Coordinator for Public Policy, Wisconsin Council of Churches
"The Response of the Churches to the Environmental Crisis"
March 17, 2006 at 12pm
Lucy Ellis Lounge