Category Archives: Religion readings

“The Dialogue between Voltaire and Rousseau on the Lisbon Earthquake: The Emergence of a Social Science View”

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CITATION:
Russell R. Dynes. 2000. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 97-115.
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Preliminary version, published by University of Delaware Disaster Research Center
ABSTRACT:
Disasters are usually identified as having occurred at a particular time and place, but they also occur at a particular time in human history and within a specific social and cultural context. Consequently, it is appropriate to call the Lisbon earthquake the first Continue reading →

“Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home”

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CITATION:
Pope Francis. 2015. Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home [Encyclical].
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ABSTRACT:
The Encyclical takes its name from the invocation of Saint Francis, “Praise be to you, my Lord”, in his Canticle of the Creatures. It reminds us that Continue reading →

“Principles of Tsawalk: An Indigenous Approach to Global Crisis”

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CITATION:
Umeek E. Richard Atleo. 2011. Principles of Tsawalk: An Indigenous Approach to Global Crisis. University of British Columbia Press.
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ABSTRACT:
In Nuu-chah-nulth, the word tsawalk means “one.” It expresses the view that all living things — humans, plants, and animals — form part of an integrated whole brought into harmony through constant Continue reading →

“From Biophilia to Cosmophilia: The Role of Biological and Physical Sciences in Promoting Sustainability”

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CITATION:
Lucas F. Johnston. 2010. Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 7-23.
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DOI: 10.1558/jsrnc.v4il.7
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Ideas from the life sciences and the physical sciences, particularly the ideas that Continue reading →

“The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis”

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CITATION:
Lynn White, Jr. 1967. Science, Vol. 155, No. 3767, pp. 1203-7.
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This article claims that the modern ecological crisis arose out of an ethic derived from Continue reading →