Seminary: Claremont School of Theology
Location: 1325 North College AvenueClaremont, California 91711
Course number: TES3033
Instructor: Dr. Grace Yia-Hei Kao
Website: http://www.cst.edu/
Course Description
This course examines various religious perspectives on the meaning and value of the natural world and the normative relationships that are posited between humans and nature. We will study these questions comparatively within and across major religious traditions, while also engaging contemporary movements such as ecofeminism, deep ecology, and animal rights. Our goals will be to gain an overview of conceptual resources for thinking about environmental problems, describe what religion has to offer to thinking through these problems, and to articulate responses to environmental problems that draw on our own religious traditions.