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1: Religion and Ecology Unit |
Abstract for Online Program Book (maximum 150 words)
This panel offers insights into human’s violent/non-violent role as members and stewards of the Earth community. We begin our panel by considering the slow violence committed against our Earth. This panel continues by highlighting radical environmental activist movements including Earth First!, Extinction Rebellion, and Just Stop Oil, which tow the line between violence and nonviolent resistance. While organizations can justify their radical environmentalism through adherence to nature spiritualities, some outsiders consider their behavior to be terrorism. Nuances in the violent/non-violent discourse of religion and ecology and Dark Green Religion will be explored, considering questions like: When does violence become a tool for non-violence, and what kinds of strategic violence are necessary to honor the sacredness of Earth? When can peacemaking and constructing cultural imaginaries further climate justice? What can we learn from fundamentalism and Cold War ecotheology as conflicts continue as a result of climate change?
Papers
- Slow Violence, Religious Peacemaking, and Climate Justice
- The Eruption, Implosion, and Future of Radical Environmentalism: From Earth First! to Extinction Rebellion
- Climate Fundamentalisms? Social fault lines and reactionary forces in a time of climate crisis.
- Speculative Fiction for a Nuclear-Ecological Life: Remembering Cold War Era Ecotheology