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Apr 23, 2024
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2017-2018 HillBook (Class of 2021) [ARCHIVED HILL BOOK]
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REL 100/127 - Religious Responses to Climate Change (Core/First-Year Seminar)Three or Four Credits
Not Offered 2017-2018
With a primary focus on Buddhism and Christianity, this course explores how religious thinkers and activists have been drawing from doctrines, practices, and ethical systems in response to climate disruption and related environmental issues. We will examine Pope Francis’ encyclical, Laudato Si, and similar declarations by prominent Buddhists. To support this inquiry, we will study the causes and impacts of climate change, the basic teachings of Buddhism, and traditional Christian views of nature. The course also considers religious stances that deny, downplay, or accept anthropogenic climate change.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): REL 127 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
General Education Attribute(s): REL 100, for 3-credits, fulfills the Religious Studies Cornerstone.
REL 127, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and Religious Studies Cornerstone
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