What can world religions teach us about the earth? How does religion express our relationship to nature, and how can we use religious philosophy to mitigate nature’s destruction? Yale historians of religion Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim will speak on their work, Ecology and Religion. Posing the question, “what is religious ecology?”, the book shows how global religions and environmental practices intersect in ways both obvious and surprising. Ultimately, Tucker and Grim propose that religion can contribute an ethical and spiritual dimension to ecology, motivating the fight for climate justice. Join them at the Library to discuss ways of thinking about the natural world, ways of engaging with it, and ways of changing it for the better.

About the speakers:

Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim are Senior Lecturers and Research Scholars at the Yale School of the Environment, Yale Divinity School, and Religious Studies Department. Together, they direct the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology, and are Executive Producers of the Emmy-award winning film, Journey of the Universe. Ecology and Religion was published in 2014.

Important information: This event requires advance registration.