Courses on Faith and Ecology at Seminaries in North America

This spreadsheet was compiled by the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development (ICSD) based on online course catalogs and communication with seminary staff. If you have additional information about courses that does not appear on the spreadsheet, please email info@interfaithsustain.com. This information will form the basis of a report on Courses on Faith and Ecology at Seminaries in North America, to be released later in 2015.

Green Seminaries Project : Seminaries with Green Courses

Course TitleSeminaryInstructor
ENV330: Waste Not: Faith-Based EnvironmentalismUniversity of Toronto, School of the EnvironmentProf. Tanhum Yoreh
Contemporary Issues in Mission: Creation CareTrinity Theological CollegeDr. Andrew Peh
Wilderness Travel Seminar to Holden Village: Liturgy and the Cylces of CreationLutheran School of TheologyDr. Benjamin Stewart
Wilderness and FaithNorth Park Theological SeminaryDr. Jay Bruckner, Dr. Michelle Clifton-Soderstrom, & Dr. Phil Anderson
Western Religions and EcologyYale Divinity SchoolDr. Mary Evelyn Tucker and Professor John Grim
Wendell Berry: Creation, Stewardship, and Spiritual LifeTruett Theological Seminary–BaylorDr. R. Robert Creech
Visceral TheologyLutheran Seminary
Program in the Southeast
Dr. Eliseo Pérez-Álvarez
To Care for the Earth:
Ethics and the Environment
Catholic Theological UnionDr. Dawn Nothwehr
Thought of Wendell BerryNorth Park Theological SeminaryDr. Jay Phelan, Dr. Brent Laytham
Thinking EthicallyAnabaptist Mennonite Biblical SeminaryDr. Justin Heinzekehr
Theology and ScienceHoly Apostles College and SeminaryDr. Tom Sheahen, Sr. Carla Mae Streeter, OP
Theology of Growing and EatingSaint Paul School of TheologyDr.Shannon Jung
Theology in Ecological ContextDuke Divinity SchoolDr. Norman Wirzba
Theology, Ecology, SpiritualityEcumenical Theological SeminaryProfessor: Jim Perkinson
Theology and Ethic of the LandGeorge Fox Evangelical SeminaryDr. Randy Woodley
The Worldview of Thomas Berry: Flourishing of the Earth Community Yale Divinity SchoolDr. Mary Evelyn Tucker and Professor John Grim
The Theology and Spirituality of PlaceDuke Divinity SchoolDr. Norman Wirzba
The Theology and Ecology of Common GroundDrew Theological SchoolDr. Laurel Kearns, Danna Knowle Fewell
The Oikos of God: Economy and Ecology in the Global HouseholdGarrett-Evangelical Theological SeminaryDr. Timothy Eberhart
Moral Vision of Cesar ChavezSanta Clara UniversityDr. Keith Douglass Warner
The Future of Creation: Foundations for a Just and Sustainable WorldLutheran School of TheologyDr. Gayle Woloschak & Rev. Dr. Barbara Rossing
Big Blue Marble SyllabusMeadville Lombard Theological SchoolProfessor Michael Hogue
The Bible and the EarthChristian Theological SeminaryDr. Carol Johnston, Rev. Dr. Marti Steussy
The Bible and the Care of the EarthCandler School of TheologyProf. Carol Newsom
Sustainable ChurchColumbia Theological SeminaryDr. Stanley Saunders
Sustainability as an Ethical ProblemUniversity of the South School of TheologyAndrew R. H. Thompson, Ph.D.
Spiritual Practices: Water of Life — Creation, Conservation, and FaithAnabaptist Mennonite Biblical SeminaryPastor Janeen Bertsche Johnson
Science, Religion, and the End of the WorldColumbia Theological SeminaryDr. Mark Douglas, C. De Pree
Sacred Earth: Indigenous Peoples’ Ecological TraditionsBoston University School of TheologyDr. John Hart
Religious Responses to Environmental InjusticeLutheran School of TheologyDr. Benjamin Stewart
Religious EnvironmentalismUniversity of the South School of Theology Dr. Sid Brown
Religious Education and Our Ecological ContextCandler School of TheologyJennifer R. Ayres
Religion, Ethics and EcologyThe Catholic University of America,
School of Theology and Religious Studies
William D. Dinges
Religion and the EnvironmentUniversity of San Francisco Religious Studies DepartmentProfessor Eileen M. Harrington
Rabbi as Environmental ActivistReconstructionist Rabbinical CollegeRabbi Mordechai Liebling
Opening the Book of Nature: Creation, Ecology, and EconomyUniversity of the South School of TheologyDr. Robin Gottfried and Dr. Cynthia Crysdale
New Creation and Ecology: Practicing in the GardenColumbia Theological SeminaryDr. Taylor Flory, Dr. Stanley Saunders
Journey of the UniverseYale Divinity SchoolDr. Mary Evelyn Tucker and Professor John Grim
Job and his Modern InterpretersMcCormick Theological SeminaryDr. Theodore Hiebert
Introduction to Religion and EcologyHarvard Divinity SchoolProfessor Dan McKanan
Introduction to Religion and EcologyYale Divinity SchoolDr. Mary Evelyn Tucker and Professor John Grim
Greening Your CongregationWesley Theological SeminaryDr. Beth Norcross
Green TheologySenate of Serampore University, India
Green Preaching: Honoring God’s Creation Through ProclamationThe Lutheran Theological SeminaryRev. Angela Zimmann, Ph.D.
Green Buddhism: Faith, Ecology and ActivismHarvard Divinity SchoolDr. Lama Willa Miller
Globalization, Religion, EthicsMeadville Lombard Theological SchoolProfessor Michael Hogue
Globalization and FoodMcCormick Theological SeminaryProfessor Jennifer R. Ayres
Global EthicsAshland Theological Seminary
Food Justice: An Interfaith ExplorationReconstructionist Rabbinical CollegeRabbi Mordechai Liebling
Food: From Table Grace to the Politics of Food DistributionMcCormick Theological SeminaryProfessor Deborah J. Kapp
Food, Faith, and Health: Navigating the Intersections in CommunityWake Forest UniversityProf. Rev. Mark Jensen
Food, Eating, and the Life of FaithDuke Divinity SchoolDr. Norman Wirzba
Field, Table, Communion: Food and the Work of MinistryWake Forest UniversityDr. Fred Bahnson
Faith Ethics and the Biodiversity CrisisSanta Clara UniversityDr. Keith Douglass Warner
Ethics, Spirituality, and Global Climate ChangeCatholic Theological UnionDr. Dawn M. Nothwehr, Dr. Mary Frohlich, RSCJ
Ethics, Environment, and DevelopmentWartburg Theological SeminaryRev. Dr. Duane Larson
Eschatology, New Creation, and Communal EthicsGeorge Fox Evangelical Seminary
Epic of CreationLutheran School of TheologyDr. Gayle W. Oloschak
Environmental Philosophy and EthicsDuke Divinity SchoolDr. Christensen & Dr. Norman Wirzba
Environmental Justice in the Catholic ImaginationSanta Clara UniversityDr. Keith Douglass Warner
Environmental Issues from Christian PerspectivesUnion Biblical SeminaryProfessor Johnson Thomaskutty
Environmental EthicsUniversity of San Francisco Religious Studies DepartmentProfessor Eileen M. Harrington
Environmental Ethics: Bios, Anthropos, TheosMeadville Lombard Theological SchoolProfessor Michael Hogue
Environmental Ethics and LiberationStarr King School for the MinistryRev. Sofía Betancourt
Environmental EthicsUniversity of the South School of TheologyAndrew R. H. Thompson, Ph.D.
Environment & Religion in Northern Appalachia Lutheran Theological SeminaryRev. Dr. Gilson Waldkoenig
Environment and EcumeneColumbia Theological SeminaryDr. Mark Douglas
Ecology, Theology, and the Church’s WitnessColumbia Theological SeminaryRev. Dr. Richard Floyd
Ecology: Science, Philosophy, and Faith in Dialogue in the Context of the Contemporary Ecological CrisisSalesian Pontifical University, RomeProf. Joshtrom Isaac Kureethadam
Ecology and the BibleLutheran School of TheologyRev. Dr. Chilkuri Vasantha Rao
Ecology and Spiritual PracticeCatholic Theological UnionDr. Mary Frohlich, RSCJ
Ecology and Seasons of Christian WorshipWesley Theological SeminaryProfessor Joseph E. Bush
Eco Justice: A vision for Sustainable CityAnabaptist Mennonite Biblical SeminaryDr. Clinton E. Stockwell
East Asian Religions and EcologyYale Divinity SchoolDr. Mary Evelyn Tucker and Professor John Grim
Earth Theology: Environmental Perspectives on Creation, Redemption, and SpiritualityLutheran Seminary Program in the SouthwestDr. Faye Schott
Earth Insights: A Nature-Based Christian Spirituality Building on the work of Teilhard de ChardinOblate School of Theology
Earth Ethics As Justice EthicsPacific Lutheran Theological Seminary Prof. Cynthia Moe-Lobeda
Earth and Its Distress: Ecological Ethics in Christian PerspectiveChicago Theological SeminaryPastor Janet Parker
Dust to Dust: Ritual and Theology of Human Earth
Boundedness
Lutheran School of TheologyDr. Benjamin Stewart
Daily Bread: Food, Faith, Mercy, and JusticeWake Forest UniversityProf. Rev. Mark Jensen
Creation, New Creation, and EcologyColumbia Theological SeminaryDr. William Brown & Dr. Stanley Saunders
Theology, Environment and EthicsLuther SeminaryRev. Alan G. Padgett
Creation Care: Theology, Ethics, and SpiritualityAnabaptist Mennonite Biblical SeminaryDr. Malinda Berry, Dr. Ted Koonz, and Dr. Luke Gascho
Creation Care: Theology, Ethics & SpiritualityAnabaptist Mennonite Biblical SeminaryDr. Ted Koontz, Dr. Luke Gascho
Creation Care in Scripture and ChurchEastern Mennonite SeminaryDr. Dorothy Jean Weaver
Creation Care and the Faith Community: A Grassroots Response TH/NTH Summer Term May 14 – July 16, 2016Virginia Union University,
Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology
Faith B. Harris
Cosmos and Ethos: Religious Naturalism and the Climate CrisisMeadville Lombard Theological SchoolProfessor Michael Hogue
Connections in Ecology and Religious EducationMethodist Theological School of OhioRev. Dr. Timothy Van Meter
Climate Justice Climate EthicsPacific Lutheran Theological Seminary Prof. Cynthia Moe-Lobeda
Climate EthicsUniversity of the South School of TheologyAndrew R. H. Thompson, Ph.D. & Michael Coffey, Ph.D.
Climate Change and the Christian FaithVancouver School of TheologySallie McFague, Ph.D.
Christianity and EcologyDrew Theological SchoolProfessor Laurel Kearns
Christianity and Ecology in Community ContextsBoston University School of TheologyDr. John Hart
Christian Mission and Theology of CreationAsbury Theological SeminaryProfessor Howard A. Snyder
Christian Ecological Ethics and Political IssuesBoston University School of TheologyDr. John Hart
Christian Creation SpiritualityAustin Theological SeminaryDr. William Greenway
Catholic Environmental Ethics: Sources, Norms, and IssuesCatholic Theological UnionDr. Dawn Nothwehr
Caring for CreationDuke Divinity SchoolDr. Norman Wirzba
Buddhism and the EnvironmentUniversity of the South School of TheologyDr. Sid Brown
Biomedical Ethics in a Multicultural WorldLutheran School of TheologyDr. Richard Perry
Biblical ValuesYale Divinity SchoolDr. John J. Collins
Biblical Perspectives on NatureLutheran School of TheologyRev. Dr. Barbara Rossing, Dr. Theodore Hiebert
Bible and the EnvironmentLuther SeminaryProfessor Kathryn Schifferdecker
Apocalyptic EcologyColumbia Theological SeminaryDr. Stanley Saunders
American Indian Religions and EcologyYale Divinity SchoolProfessor John Grim
Agrarian Theology for an Urban WorldDuke Divinity SchoolDr. Norman Wirzba
Advanced Topics in Ethics: EcologyBoston University School of TheologyDr. John Hart
A Language that can Make us Whole: Reading and Writing Environmental LiteratureWake Forest UniversityDr. Fred Bahnson
Theology and EcologyUniversity of Notre Dame Department of TheologyFr. Terry Ehrman, C.S.C
Reading Laudato’Si from an African ContextUniversity of Notre Dame Department of TheologyProfessor Emmanuel Katongole