Nature, God, Social Justice

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

This course will explore what it means to live sustainably, and how spiritual paradigms can help or hinder our efforts to do so. We will consider the influences that have shaped western conceptions of God and will reimagine our own conceptions in light of ecological insights. We will examine the legacy of the Christian tradition on ecological and social systems, while mining that tradition for its potential to address contemporary ecological and social concerns. Through project-based and discursive learning, this course ultimately will invite students to articulate their own worldview and to discover who they are and who they want to be as participants in the community of life.