How are religion and sustainability related? Do religious communities contribute to social transformations towards sustainability? Or does religion in fact hinder or counteract sustainability?
The lecture series on “Religion & Ecology” coorganized by Philipp Öhlmann (Humboldt University Berlin), Juliane Stork (SAGRAS) and me (Bonn University) explores these questions by focusing on the relationship between religious communities and socio-ecological transformations. Starting point is the observation that there has been a strong increase in the engagement with ecological sustainability in religious communities in recent decades, which is referred to as the “greening of religion.”
However, the impact of this development on the collective actions of religious communities and the individual actions of their adherents in the areas of ecology and sustainability are still largely unknown. In the lecture series international guest speakers look at Buddhist, Jewish, Christian, Muslim, indigenous Indian and traditional African religious communities.
Everyone interested is cordially invited. Please, register with: anna.linnea.herrmann@hu-berlin.de
Cheers,
Almut-Barbara Renger
For the programme click here!
International Network “Cultural Transformations of Buddhism” 