Forum on Religion and Ecology: Spotlights
A series of interviews from the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology, focusing on people and organizations working at the confluence of religious and ecological perspectives. Interviews cover four main areas: 1) new and forthcoming publications, 2) engagement in practice, activism, and advocacy, 3) teaching and curriculum, and 4) perspectives from environmental humanities. Our Vision is a flourishing Earth community where religious and spiritual traditions join together for the shared wellbeing of ecosystems, life forms, and people on our common planetary home.You can watch the video recordings of this podcast here: https://fore.yale.edu/Resources/Multimedia/Video/FORE-Spotlights-Archive/
Podcasting since 2020 • 152 episodes
Forum on Religion and Ecology: Spotlights
Latest Episodes
5.7 American Academy of Religion: Kim Carfore's Conference Review
This episode features Kimberly Carfore, PhD, co-chair of the religion and ecology unit at the American Academy of Religion (AAR). We discuss the religion and ecology events at this year's annual meeting of the AAR, including some of the panel p...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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5.6 Biocultural Conservation with Ricardo Rozzi
This episode features Ricardo Rozzi, PhD, a Chilean ecologist and philosopher who is a professor at the University of North Texas and the Universidad de Magallanes (UMAG). His research combines ecology and philosophy through the study of the in...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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1:05:11
5.5 Trees and Spirituality in Nature, with Beth Norcross
This episode features Beth Norcross, founder and director of the Center for Spirituality in Nature, which provides numerous programs that offer spiritual guidance for developing deep...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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47:49
5.4 Paul Waldau on Animals and Sentience in Religion, Science, and Ethics
This episode features Paul Waldau, an educator, activist and scholar who works at the intersection of animal studies, law, ethics, religion, and cultural studies. Former professor at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York, where he is the senior...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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1:02:04
5.3 Spiritual Ecology with Les Sponsel
This episode Les Sponsel, PhD, Professor Emeritus in the department of Anthropology at the University of Hawaii. We talk about his transdisciplinary research and teaching as one of the pioneers in developing the field of spiritual ecology—a com...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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50:44