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Religion and the Anthropocene

Materials for thinking through the nature and challenges of the "Anthropocene" (sic) in relation to religions past, present and future.

Syllabus: LREL 2330 Religion and the Anthropocene

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Saying Yes: Deborah Bird Rose’s “Shimmer: When All You Love is Being Trashed”

Deborah Bird Rose was a leader in multidisciplinary ethnographic research through her work in Australian Aboriginal cultures. With care and open mind, she immersed herself in the Northern Territory Aboriginal communities of Yarralin and Lingarra to work on her Doctor of Philosophy and returned frequently to these communities throughout the span of her life. In her essay "Shimmer: When All You Love Is Being Trashed" (from the collection Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet: Ghosts and Monsters of the Anthropocene ), Rose explores the rich, pulsating beauty available throughout all symbiotic nature and specifically, how it can be seen in the joyful relationship between the great family of flowering trees known as Angiosperms and the flying foxes that pollinate them. “Shimmer” refers to the radiance of interaction among what Rose calls the “matrix of power, desire, and lures” across the biosphere. The concept of shimmer was first taught to Rose by the Aboriginal people in the Vi...

Reflection: Carolyn

The discussions and readings that stook out to me the most were those that discussed art as a vehicle towards environmental improvement. Pieces such as Justin Guariglia’s “Climate Signs,” and Fabrice Monteiro’s, “The Prophecy of Senegal,” use art as a medium to communicate urgency. “Climate Signs” discussed the dangers of climate denial with a blunt approach by displaying messages such as, “vote eco-logically.” and “climate denial kills.” Guariglia’s unapologetic approach with these phrases is continued in Monterio’s work as he captures striking images depicting the lives of Senegalians. His photographs exhibit the overwhelming environmental damage, and mass destruction which emphasizes the global inequality of the climate crisis. Additionally, his photos represent a prime example of an externality within the climate crisis. These Senegalians are not the ones contributing these mass amounts of pollution, yet, they are the ones who are suffering the consequences. I learned a...

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Join us as we make our way through works by Whitney Bauman, Nils Bubandt, Octavia Butler , Jeremy Davies, Heather Davis & Zoe Todd , Nicola Davison , Francis of Assisi, Pope Francis , Gandhi, Donna Haraway, Katharine Hayhoe, Winona LaDuke, Fabrice Monteiro, Sara Pike, Emily Raboteau, Deborah Bird Rose, Jill Schneiderman , Roy Scranton , Vandana Shiva , Will Steffen , Bronislaw Szerszynski, Françoise Vergès , Carol Wayne White, Lynn White, Kyle Powys Whyte and Kathryn Yusoff and explore religious texts such as the Bhagavad Gita , the Bible , Dao De Jing and Earthseed .