Paul Hond
Can the World's Religions Help Save Us from Ecological Peril?
Scholars and religious leaders argue that a spiritual connection to nature is essential for environmental recovery.
Columbia Magazine, 2023
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With the climate crisis getting worse, religion may help people feel more connected to the Earth.
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Human-caused climate change spurs extreme weather events – which keep getting worse. Such crises disproportionately affect poor, vulnerable people. Karenna Gore – founder of the Center for Earth Ethics at the Union Theological Center in New York and daughter of former US Vice President Al Gore, an international leader on the environment – calls for advocates to tackle climate emergencies the way they fought in the civil rights movement, on an interfaith basis where people united in a common cause. This emerging “religion and ecology” movement seeks to link faith traditions with environmentalism to focus people on being Earth’s stewards.
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About the Author
Paul Hond is an associate editor at Columbia Magazine, as well as the author of two novels, The Baker and Mothers and Sons.
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