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THIS ROUNDTABLE GRAPPLES with two interlocked questions: (1) Might we need to change how we study and theorize about religion on a planet undergoing anthropogenic climate destabilization, and if so, how; and (2) What does it mean to be a religious studies and/or a biblical scholar professional, work...

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Subtitles:Roundtable on climate destiabilization and the study of religion
Main Author: LeVasseur, Todd (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press [2015]
In: Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 83, Issue: 2, Pages: 297-299
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Summary:THIS ROUNDTABLE GRAPPLES with two interlocked questions: (1) Might we need to change how we study and theorize about religion on a planet undergoing anthropogenic climate destabilization, and if so, how; and (2) What does it mean to be a religious studies and/or a biblical scholar professional, working as an employee at an institution of learning on a biophysical campus, on a planet undergoing rapid anthropogenic climate destabilization? It seems these are soon to become the most important questions facing our field, and this roundtable intends to help generate and shape a needed discussion about how AAR members and readers of the JAAR might approach answers to these questions.My current appointment is in the Department of Religious Studies at the College of Charleston, SC,...
ISSN:1477-4585
Contains:Enthalten in: American Academy of Religion, Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/jaarel/lfv024