CCSC hosts a workshop “Mapping the Conversation on Faith, Flourishing, and the Environment”

CCSC hosted a workshop “Mapping the Conversation on Faith, Flourishing, and the Environment,” to discuss the conversation between faith and the environment and chart a direction for where the conversations need to go, including critical theoretical work (part historical, part synthetic), and also the empirical work needed for better understanding. Support for the workshop was provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.

The discussion included leading figures from relevant disciplines ranging from theology, religion, critical theory, and environmental studies to political science, history, law, environmental engineering and Black studies. Perspectives came from Southeast Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Indigenous perspectives, incorporating insights from leading scholars and our own graduate students and their research.

Workshop participants included:

Rowan Williams (104th Archbishop of Canterbury); Judith Butler (UC Berkeley); J. Kameron Carter (UC Irvine); Lisa Sideris (UC Santa Barbara); Dicky Sofjan (Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies); J. Mijin Cha (UC Santa Cruz); Jason Bruner (ASU); Sedonna Goeman-Shulsky (UCLA); Sebastian Solarte-Caicedo (UCLA); and Jason Sexton (UCLA) and Stephanie Pincetl (UCLA); Naomi Adams (UCLA); Alesia Montgomery (UCLA), Emily Grubert (Notre Dame); and Scott Gruber (UCLA IoES).

J. Kameron Carter offered his perspective: https://religionotherwise.substack.com/p/on-religion-and-being-politically?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true