‘Eco’-Link roundup
Thanks to the marvelous work of Nicholas Dion, you’ve seen religion in the news, but have you seen religion AND ecology in the news?
Due to the industrious work of the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale University – which gathers emails sent out by UNEP, the United Nations Environment Program – news on religion and ecology is but a mere mouse click away (for an archival inventory of such articles visit FORE). Here are a few to whet your whistle:
Link roundup: 20 May – 27 May
- In case you haven’t heard, the Rapture begins tonight. Get your playlists ready!
- If you have some spare time tomorrow evening, be sure to attend a Rapture party.
- Turns out the same pastor who has predicted this apocalypse has done so before… and been wrong.
- According to the US government and the CDC, the apocalypse is more likely to come in zombie form.
Truth is the easy part- what kind of reconciliation? – Barbara Greenberg
Dale Turner’s recent post on FEDCAN blog, “Aboriginal Relations in Canada: The Importance of Political Reconciliation” asks the question: What is the meaning of reconciliation? Turner suggests that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) is about both the healing of estranged relationships as well as “an expression of Indigenous nationhood” and as such, it is political.
Why does Turner think this?
Link roundup: 10 May – 19 May
- Quebec is becoming a leading producer of green (as in ecologically sound) communion wine.
- Want to be a rock star? Go to Christian rock camp.
- A California college offers a major in secularism.
- A Jewish newspaper apologises for removing Hilary Clinton from a photograph.
- Mitt Romney must be serious about his presidential big – he’s now courting religious conservatives.
The Federal Election, Godtalk and One’s Conscience – Lindsay Ann Cox
Introduction: Talking About All the Wrong Things
One of the things I love about this blog and about my area of scholarship in general is that we not only engage but revel in discussing and debating ‘all the wrong things.’ As a child growing up in a rather traditional English family not only was I meant to ‘restrict my comments to the weather or keep quiet’ when feeling dodgy, but also to ‘never speak about politics or religion in polite company.’ It is safe to say that, as a grown adult, if I have something negative to express I could care less about the subject of meteorology and my personality near forbids me to keep important issues of conveyance to myself. Furthermore, I have devoted my life to the interaction of religion and politics (in that order) and I, like others who contribute to and read this blog, am enthralled by the study and progression of such important matters as ‘religion in the public sphere.’ And so it is with this small preface that I am using my opportunity to blog to say something about the upcoming federal election. So here we go…
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