In this episode, Kimberly Carfore returns to the podcast to talk about this year's Bioneers conference, which was held in Berkeley, California on March 28-30. Bioneers is a nonprofit environmental advocacy organization based in New Mexico and C

4.16 Energy and Change, with Clayton Crockett

24 days ago 1h 7m

This episode features Clayton Crockett, PhD, Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion and the Director of the interdisciplinary Religious Studies program at the University of Central Arkansas. He has authored or edited a number of

4.15 Climate Chaplaincy with Rabbi Ora Nitkin-Kaner

Mar 11th, 2024 58m 24s

This episode features Rabbi Ora Nitkin-Kaner, Reconstructionist rabbi and interdenominational climate change chaplain based in New Haven, Connecticut. As a rabbi, meditation teacher, climate change chaplain, and educator, she founded Exploring

4.14 Integration and Synthesis with Craig Patterson

Feb 26th, 2024 55m 33s

This episodes features Craig Patterson, a long-time activist and advocate weaving together multiple perspectives to address contemporary environmental issues. We talk about his commitment to integration and synthesis, seeking alliances and unit

4.13 Chantal Forbes & Charlie Forbes on the Field & Force of Religion & Ecology

Feb 12th, 2024 1h 3m

This episode of the FORE podcast features Chantal Forbes, PhD, and her partner Charlie Forbes. Chantal is a transdisciplinary scholar, storyteller, and educator at the intersection of ecology, spirituality, and culture. She is a visiting Assist

4.12 Degrowth, Faith, and the Future, with Chad Baron

Jan 29th, 2024 56m 2s

This episode features Chad Baron, co-founder of a new organization, Degrowth California. Degrowth is a hotly contested and frequently misunderstood movement among advocates of environmental sustainability and social justice. We discuss degrowth

4.11 Music, Faith, and Ecological Crisis, with Mark Porter

Jan 15th, 2024 57m 31s

This episode features Mark Porter, PhD, research associate at the University of Erfurt, in Germany. With a background in ethnomusicology, his current work focuses on Christian musical innovation and changing ecological relationships, based at h

4.10 Year in Review and Preview, with Kimberly Carfore

Jan 1st, 2024 52m 19s

Tis the season for reflecting on the past year and the year to come. Kimberly Carfore, PhD, came on the podcast to do just that, particularly in light of her role as the co-chair of the Religion and Ecology unit for the American Academy of Reli

4.9 Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion at 10 Years, with Elizabeth Allison, PhD

Dec 11th, 2023 44m 48s

This episode features Elizabeth Allison, PhD, Professor of Ecology and Religion at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco, where she founded and chairs the graduate program in Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion (E

4.8 Meditations on Creation with Kate Rigby

Nov 27th, 2023 1h 4m

This episode features Kate Rigby, PhD, Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Environmental Humanities at the University of Cologne. We talk about her many contributions to environmental humanities and ecocriticism. Some of the topics we cover inc

4.7 Theopoetics and Planetary Politics with O'Neil Van Horn

Nov 7th, 2023 57m 16s

Welcome O'neil Van Horn, PhD to Spotlights. He's an Assistant Professor of Theology at Xavier University. We discuss the difference between theology and theopoetics, the ethical and political challenges of our current planetary situation, groun

4.6 Laudate Deum review, with Christiana Zenner

Oct 23rd, 2023 49m 34s

Christiana Zenner, PhD, returns to the podcast (see episode 4.3) for a discussion about Laudate Deum, the Apostolic Exhortation that Pope Francis recently issued as an update to his 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si': On Care for Our Common Home. We

4.5 Will W. Adams & Nature-Psyche-Spirit

Oct 16th, 2023 59m 3s

This episode features Will W. Adams, PhD, an ecopsychologist, psychotherapist, and meditation teacher who serves as a psychology professor at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We talk about many perspectives that he integrates in

4.4 Blair Nelsen and Waterspirit

Oct 2nd, 2023 56m 1s

This episode features Blair Nelsen, Executive Director of Waterspirit, a spiritual ecology nonprofit that informs, inspires, and empowers people of all beliefs to deepen their consciousness of the sacredness of water and the interdependence of

4.3 Christiana Zenner on Theology, Ethics, and Freshwater Crises

Sep 18th, 2023 58m 2s

Welcome Christiana Zenner, PhD onto the podcast, Associate Professor of Theology, Science and Ethics in the Department of Theology at Fordham University. She is a deeply interdisciplinary scholar and teacher, so we cover a lot of exciting topi

4.2 Wilderness, Morality, and Value, with Joshua Duclos

Sep 4th, 2023 1h

This episode of Spotlights features Joshua Duclos, PhD, Instructor of Humanities and Philosophy at St. Paul's School in New Hampshire. We talk about his book, Wilderness, Morality, and Value (Lexington Books, 2022), where he rethinks the ethica

4.1 Heather Eaton on Religion, Ecology, Gender, and Nonviolence

Aug 21st, 2023 56m

This is the inaugural episode of the fourth year of the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology podcast. This episode features a prominent contributor to the field, Heather Eaton, PhD, professor of conflict studies in the faculty of human sciences a

3.25 Reviewing Karen Armstrong's Sacred Nature

Jul 31st, 2023 25m 37s

In this episode of Spotlights, Sam Mickey reviews the newest book by the renowned scholar of comparative religion, Karen Armstrong, Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World (2022). It's an accessible and inspiring explor

3.24 Freya Mathews and the Dao of Civilization

Jul 17th, 2023 56m 36s

This episode of Spotlights features Freya Mathews, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Environmental Philosophy at Latrobe University, and author of several books, including The Ecological Self (1991, reissued with new intro in 2021), For Love of Matter

3.23 Sigurd Bergmann and Transdisciplinary Eco-Theology

Jul 3rd, 2023 57m 13s

This episode of Spotlights features Sigurd Bergmann, PhD, professor emeritus in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and founding contributor to the European Forum for the Stu

3.22 Extractivism and Petro-theology, with Terra Schwerin Rowe

Jun 19th, 2023 53m 30s

This episode of Spotlights features Terra Schwerin Rowe, PhD, Associate Professor in the Philosophy and Religion Department at the University of North Texas. We discuss her most recent book, Of Modern Extraction: Experiments in Critical Petro-t

3.21 Ecological Existentialism with Sam Mickey

Jun 5th, 2023 28m 31s

This episode of Spotlights features our host, Sam Mickey, discussing ecological existentialism, particularly in light of his book on the topic, Coexistentialism and the Unbearable Intimacy of Ecological Emergency (Lexington Books, 2016). Ecolog

3.20 Beatrice Marovich and Sister Death

May 22nd, 2023 54m 41s

This episode of Spotlights features writer and scholar Beatrice Marovich, PhD, associate professor of theological studies at Hanover college. We talk a little about her path into theology through engagements with literature and journalism. Then

3.19 Reflections on Metamodernism

May 8th, 2023 26m 28s

This week’s episode of Spotlights focuses on metamodernism—an emerging cultural movement that recovers sincerity and big picture thinking following the postmodern focus on irony and skepticism. Our host Sam Mickey provides some context for thin

3.18 Joerg Rieger, Theology in the Capitalocene

Apr 24th, 2023 56m 1s

This episode of Spotlights features Joerg Rieger, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Theology and the Cal Turner Chancellor’s Chair of Wesleyan Studies at Vanderbilt University. He is also the founding director of the Wendland-Cook Program in Reli