Religion and the Environmental Crisis

Three credits · Undergraduate

Perhaps the greatest challenge of our time is the ecological crisis. This threat has provoked widespread reflection upon humanity’s relationship to its environment. Such reflection however is not new. This relationship was already being explored millennia ago, in humanity’s most ancient religious texts. This course investigates the historical interaction of religion and ecology, and considers how religion might yet constitute either a hindrance or an aid in navigating the present ecological crisis. Credit will be granted for only one of RELS 221 or RELS 356. Three credits. Offered 2026-2027.