This spreadsheet was compiled by the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development (ICSD) based on online course catalogues and communication with seminary staff. If you have additional information about courses that do not appear on the spreadsheet, please email info@interfaithsustain.com. ICSD thanks individual professors, Green Seminary Initiative and the Seminary Stewardship Alliance for their contributions of syllabi to this collection. For more information on the supporting organizations, see the bottom of this page.
To view the collection alphabetically according to Course Title, Seminary, or Instructor, click on the arrows next to the desired category.
| Course Title | Seminary | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| ENV330: Waste Not: Faith-Based Environmentalism | University of Toronto, School of the Environment | Prof. Tanhum Yoreh |
| Contemporary Issues in Mission: Creation Care | Trinity Theological College | Dr. Andrew Peh |
| Wilderness Travel Seminar to Holden Village: Liturgy and the Cylces of Creation | Lutheran School of Theology | Dr. Benjamin Stewart |
| Wilderness and Faith | North Park Theological Seminary | Dr. Jay Bruckner, Dr. Michelle Clifton-Soderstrom, & Dr. Phil Anderson |
| Western Religions and Ecology | Yale Divinity School | Dr. Mary Evelyn Tucker and Professor John Grim |
| Wendell Berry: Creation, Stewardship, and Spiritual Life | Truett Theological Seminary–Baylor | Dr. R. Robert Creech |
| Visceral Theology | Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southeast | Dr. Eliseo Pérez-Álvarez |
| To Care for the Earth: Ethics and the Environment | Catholic Theological Union | Dr. Dawn Nothwehr |
| Thought of Wendell Berry | North Park Theological Seminary | Dr. Jay Phelan, Dr. Brent Laytham |
| Thinking Ethically | Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary | Dr. Justin Heinzekehr |
| Theology and Science | Holy Apostles College and Seminary | Dr. Tom Sheahen, Sr. Carla Mae Streeter, OP |
| Theology of Growing and Eating | Saint Paul School of Theology | Dr.Shannon Jung |
| Theology in Ecological Context | Duke Divinity School | Dr. Norman Wirzba |
| Theology, Ecology, Spirituality | Ecumenical Theological Seminary | Professor: Jim Perkinson |
| Theology and Ethic of the Land | George Fox Evangelical Seminary | Dr. Randy Woodley |
| The Worldview of Thomas Berry: Flourishing of the Earth Community | Yale Divinity School | Dr. Mary Evelyn Tucker and Professor John Grim |
| The Theology and Spirituality of Place | Duke Divinity School | Dr. Norman Wirzba |
| The Theology and Ecology of Common Ground | Drew Theological School | Dr. Laurel Kearns, Danna Knowle Fewell |
| The Oikos of God: Economy and Ecology in the Global Household | Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary | Dr. Timothy Eberhart |
| Moral Vision of Cesar Chavez | Santa Clara University | Dr. Keith Douglass Warner |
| The Future of Creation: Foundations for a Just and Sustainable World | Lutheran School of Theology | Dr. Gayle Woloschak & Rev. Dr. Barbara Rossing |
| Big Blue Marble Syllabus | Meadville Lombard Theological School | Professor Michael Hogue |
| The Bible and the Earth | Christian Theological Seminary | Dr. Carol Johnston, Rev. Dr. Marti Steussy |
| The Bible and the Care of the Earth | Candler School of Theology | Prof. Carol Newsom |
| Sustainable Church | Columbia Theological Seminary | Dr. Stanley Saunders |
| Sustainability as an Ethical Problem | University of the South School of Theology | Andrew R. H. Thompson, Ph.D. |
| Spiritual Practices: Water of Life — Creation, Conservation, and Faith | Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary | Pastor Janeen Bertsche Johnson |
| Science, Religion, and the End of the World | Columbia Theological Seminary | Dr. Mark Douglas, C. De Pree |
| Sacred Earth: Indigenous Peoples’ Ecological Traditions | Boston University School of Theology | Dr. John Hart |
| Religious Responses to Environmental Injustice | Lutheran School of Theology | Dr. Benjamin Stewart |
| Religious Environmentalism | University of the South School of Theology | Dr. Sid Brown |
| Religious Education and Our Ecological Context | Candler School of Theology | Jennifer R. Ayres |
| Religion, Ethics and Ecology | The Catholic University of America, School of Theology and Religious Studies | William D. Dinges |
| Religion and the Environment | University of San Francisco Religious Studies Department | Professor Eileen M. Harrington |
| Rabbi as Environmental Activist | Reconstructionist Rabbinical College | Rabbi Mordechai Liebling |
| Opening the Book of Nature: Creation, Ecology, and Economy | University of the South School of Theology | Dr. Robin Gottfried and Dr. Cynthia Crysdale |
| New Creation and Ecology: Practicing in the Garden | Columbia Theological Seminary | Dr. Taylor Flory, Dr. Stanley Saunders |
| Journey of the Universe | Yale Divinity School | Dr. Mary Evelyn Tucker and Professor John Grim |
| Job and his Modern Interpreters | McCormick Theological Seminary | Dr. Theodore Hiebert |
| Introduction to Religion and Ecology | Harvard Divinity School | Professor Dan McKanan |
| Introduction to Religion and Ecology | Yale Divinity School | Dr. Mary Evelyn Tucker and Professor John Grim |
| Greening Your Congregation | Wesley Theological Seminary | Dr. Beth Norcross |
| Green Theology | Senate of Serampore University, India | |
| Green Preaching: Honoring God’s Creation Through Proclamation | The Lutheran Theological Seminary | Rev. Angela Zimmann, Ph.D. |
| Green Buddhism: Faith, Ecology and Activism | Harvard Divinity School | Dr. Lama Willa Miller |
| Globalization, Religion, Ethics | Meadville Lombard Theological School | Professor Michael Hogue |
| Globalization and Food | McCormick Theological Seminary | Professor Jennifer R. Ayres |
| Global Ethics | Ashland Theological Seminary | |
| Food Justice: An Interfaith Exploration | Reconstructionist Rabbinical College | Rabbi Mordechai Liebling |
| Food: From Table Grace to the Politics of Food Distribution | McCormick Theological Seminary | Professor Deborah J. Kapp |
| Food, Faith, and Health: Navigating the Intersections in Community | Wake Forest University | Prof. Rev. Mark Jensen |
| Food, Eating, and the Life of Faith | Duke Divinity School | Dr. Norman Wirzba |
| Field, Table, Communion: Food and the Work of Ministry | Wake Forest University | Dr. Fred Bahnson |
| Faith Ethics and the Biodiversity Crisis | Santa Clara University | Dr. Keith Douglass Warner |
| Ethics, Spirituality, and Global Climate Change | Catholic Theological Union | Dr. Dawn M. Nothwehr, Dr. Mary Frohlich, RSCJ |
| Ethics, Environment, and Development | Wartburg Theological Seminary | Rev. Dr. Duane Larson |
| Eschatology, New Creation, and Communal Ethics | George Fox Evangelical Seminary | |
| Epic of Creation | Lutheran School of Theology | Dr. Gayle W. Oloschak |
| Environmental Philosophy and Ethics | Duke Divinity School | Dr. Christensen & Dr. Norman Wirzba |
| Environmental Justice in the Catholic Imagination | Santa Clara University | Dr. Keith Douglass Warner |
| Environmental Issues from Christian Perspectives | Union Biblical Seminary | Professor Johnson Thomaskutty |
| Environmental Ethics | University of San Francisco Religious Studies Department | Professor Eileen M. Harrington |
| Environmental Ethics: Bios, Anthropos, Theos | Meadville Lombard Theological School | Professor Michael Hogue |
| Environmental Ethics and Liberation | Starr King School for the Ministry | Rev. Sofía Betancourt |
| Environmental Ethics | University of the South School of Theology | Andrew R. H. Thompson, Ph.D. |
| Environment & Religion in Northern Appalachia | Lutheran Theological Seminary | Rev. Dr. Gilson Waldkoenig |
| Environment and Ecumene | Columbia Theological Seminary | Dr. Mark Douglas |
| Ecology, Theology, and the Church’s Witness | Columbia Theological Seminary | Rev. Dr. Richard Floyd |
| Ecology: Science, Philosophy, and Faith in Dialogue in the Context of the Contemporary Ecological Crisis | Salesian Pontifical University, Rome | Prof. Joshtrom Isaac Kureethadam |
| Ecology and the Bible | Lutheran School of Theology | Rev. Dr. Chilkuri Vasantha Rao |
| Ecology and Spiritual Practice | Catholic Theological Union | Dr. Mary Frohlich, RSCJ |
| Ecology and Seasons of Christian Worship | Wesley Theological Seminary | Professor Joseph E. Bush |
| Eco Justice: A vision for Sustainable City | Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary | Dr. Clinton E. Stockwell |
| East Asian Religions and Ecology | Yale Divinity School | Dr. Mary Evelyn Tucker and Professor John Grim |
| Earth Theology: Environmental Perspectives on Creation, Redemption, and Spirituality | Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest | Dr. Faye Schott |
| Earth Insights: A Nature-Based Christian Spirituality Building on the work of Teilhard de Chardin | Oblate School of Theology | |
| Earth Ethics As Justice Ethics | Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary | Prof. Cynthia Moe-Lobeda |
| Earth and Its Distress: Ecological Ethics in Christian Perspective | Chicago Theological Seminary | Pastor Janet Parker |
| Dust to Dust: Ritual and Theology of Human Earth Boundedness | Lutheran School of Theology | Dr. Benjamin Stewart |
| Daily Bread: Food, Faith, Mercy, and Justice | Wake Forest University | Prof. Rev. Mark Jensen |
| Creation, New Creation, and Ecology | Columbia Theological Seminary | Dr. William Brown & Dr. Stanley Saunders |
| Theology, Environment and Ethics | Luther Seminary | Rev. Alan G. Padgett |
| Creation Care: Theology, Ethics, and Spirituality | Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary | Dr. Malinda Berry, Dr. Ted Koonz, and Dr. Luke Gascho |
| Creation Care: Theology, Ethics & Spirituality | Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary | Dr. Ted Koontz, Dr. Luke Gascho |
| Creation Care in Scripture and Church | Eastern Mennonite Seminary | Dr. Dorothy Jean Weaver |
| Creation Care and the Faith Community: A Grassroots Response TH/NTH Summer Term May 14 – July 16, 2016 | Virginia Union University, Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology | Faith B. Harris |
| Cosmos and Ethos: Religious Naturalism and the Climate Crisis | Meadville Lombard Theological School | Professor Michael Hogue |
| Connections in Ecology and Religious Education | Methodist Theological School of Ohio | Rev. Dr. Timothy Van Meter |
| Climate Justice Climate Ethics | Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary | Prof. Cynthia Moe-Lobeda |
| Climate Ethics | University of the South School of Theology | Andrew R. H. Thompson, Ph.D. & Michael Coffey, Ph.D. |
| Climate Change and the Christian Faith | Vancouver School of Theology | Sallie McFague, Ph.D. |
| Christianity and Ecology | Drew Theological School | Professor Laurel Kearns |
| Christianity and Ecology in Community Contexts | Boston University School of Theology | Dr. John Hart |
| Christian Mission and Theology of Creation | Asbury Theological Seminary | Professor Howard A. Snyder |
| Christian Ecological Ethics and Political Issues | Boston University School of Theology | Dr. John Hart |
| Christian Creation Spirituality | Austin Theological Seminary | Dr. William Greenway |
| Catholic Environmental Ethics: Sources, Norms, and Issues | Catholic Theological Union | Dr. Dawn Nothwehr |
| Caring for Creation | Duke Divinity School | Dr. Norman Wirzba |
| Buddhism and the Environment | University of the South School of Theology | Dr. Sid Brown |
| Biomedical Ethics in a Multicultural World | Lutheran School of Theology | Dr. Richard Perry |
| Biblical Values | Yale Divinity School | Dr. John J. Collins |
| Biblical Perspectives on Nature | Lutheran School of Theology | Rev. Dr. Barbara Rossing, Dr. Theodore Hiebert |
| Bible and the Environment | Luther Seminary | Professor Kathryn Schifferdecker |
| Apocalyptic Ecology | Columbia Theological Seminary | Dr. Stanley Saunders |
| American Indian Religions and Ecology | Yale Divinity School | Professor John Grim |
| Agrarian Theology for an Urban World | Duke Divinity School | Dr. Norman Wirzba |
| Advanced Topics in Ethics: Ecology | Boston University School of Theology | Dr. John Hart |
| A Language that can Make us Whole: Reading and Writing Environmental Literature | Wake Forest University | Dr. Fred Bahnson |
| Theology and Ecology | University of Notre Dame Department of Theology | Fr. Terry Ehrman, C.S.C |
| Reading Laudato’Si from an African Context | University of Notre Dame Department of Theology | Professor Emmanuel Katongole |
The Green Seminary Initiative (GSI) is dedicated to building a nationwide coalition of theological schools that infuse care of the earth into all aspects of theological education. Specifically, the initiative encourages the education of seminarians and the “greening” of seminaries in five broad areas: Education, Worship, Buildings and Grounds, Community Life, and Public Ministry. GSI offers consulting services for “greening” theological schools; shares educational materials, resources, and pedagogical approaches for eco-justice leadership and creation care; Gathers and houses comprehensive “Seminary Green Profiles,” for theological schools; and connects theological schools, faculty, and seminarians who are interested in greening their institutions. For more information, visit http://greenseminaries.org.
The Seminary Stewardship Alliance (SSA) is a consortium of schools dedicated to reconnecting Christians with the Biblical call to care for God’s creation. The SSA: 1) Catalyzes sustainable practices in seminaries by providing consulting services; 2) Advances scholarship on creation care by sharing academic courses and resources; and 3) Nourishes dialogue within and among seminaries and its leaders. The Seminary Stewardship Alliance is based at the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina and currently hosts 31 Protestant schools in its membership. More information about the Seminary Stewardship Alliance can be found here.
ICSD works on a global basis, with current engagement in Africa, the Middle East, North America, and Europe.