The best description of my spiritual inclination is what folks call #NaturalPantheism, or similarly, #ScientificPantheism. I've been journaling and thinking about it a lot, and I have been considering doing the universal life thing and officiating life events under the natural pantheism worldview, except I think the guy who has done a lot of the book writing about it recently feels possessive of the name. But I don't think it's trademarked. Still thinking about it.
#ulc #spiritual #treehugger #brainweasels #ecospirituality #ecotheology #Gaia #earth #cosmos #starstuff

https://natureandwisdom.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/naturalistic-pantheism

https://mastodon.social/@geographile/110651870264844647

Yoikes! I got an email from Larry Rasmussen! *fanning self* #ecologicalethics #ecotheology #academicdorkdom

@PaulSantmire A friend of mine wrote a book you might like to have in your #EcoTheology library.
http://michaeldowd.org/thebook/

When I published my first book in 1970, Brother Earth, I was one of a very few #theologians who were interested in this field. Things have changed, dramatically. More than fifty years later, hundreds of #ecotheology works have been published in English alone, more than a few of them insightful and substantive. In my judgment, ours has become the golden age of ecological theology. But what to read, given so many options?

I wrote about some of my favorites here: https://hpaulsantmire.net/what-ecotheology-books-do-i-recommend/

Reading one of my favorite theological texts with the Ecological Theologies class — Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. It’s definitely nature writing, but once you start looking for the theology, it’s everywhere and it’s really profound stuff.

#teaching #AnnieDillard #ecotheology

Brian Drayton has shared a reflective essay/sermon on lessons from the East Palestine, Ohio, derailment. It goes straight to the gut. Best piece of #Quaker, indeed, #DeepQuaker #ecotheology that I have had the chance to read in quite a while. https://amorvincat.wordpress.com/2023/03/10/the-custom-of-sin-reflections-on-the-accident-in-east-palestine-oh/

Historically, Christianity emphasized humanity's role as creation keepers drawing a strong frontier between the humans and the rest of the creation. It *is* biblical, and meaningful in a context when nature were merely a danger for us.

But our context is very different. Now, *we* are the hazard. That change the way we read these texts. We should now emphasize that they describe us as a part of the creation. We have a special place, but *within*, not *outside*.

#theology #ecology #ecotheology

My daughter told me she is listening to the audiobook version of my EcoActivist Testament. We are preparing to upload it to bookshop.org and audible with the help of our publisher (Cascade/Wipf&Stock).

We hope this format will make my latest -- and last -- book accessible to more people.

Here is some info about the book: https://hpaulsantmire.net/books/ecoactivist-testament/

#EcoActivism #Ecotheology #ClimateCrisis #Rest #ELCA

Alum’s bequest funds YDS environmental initiatives

"The bequest established two funds ... [to] support environmental initiatives, including courses, lectures, workshops, conferences, faculty development, and public events. A companion scholarship...will provide financial aid to YDS students, with a preference for those pursuing environmental studies..."

https://divinity.yale.edu/news/alum-s-bequest-funds-yds-environmental-initiatives

#ecoTheology #theology #yale #yaledivinityschool #scholarship #mastersDegree #yds

Latest books finished:

24/? | Scripture, culture, and agriculture by Ellen F. Davis.

25/? | Annihilation: A Novel (The Southern Reach Trilogy, 1) by Jeff

26/? | Authority: A Novel (The Southern Reach Trilogy, 2) by Jeff VanderMeer

(I probably should have read all of Vandermeer’s new stuff before I chose to reread the Southern Readh trilogy for the 274828 time…)

27/? | The Paradise of God: Renewing Religion in an Ecological Age by Norman Wirzba.

#books #reading #ecotheology #scifi

@rhiannongrant So glad to hear RRR is getting a session’s attention! Such a debt we owe. Wish I were at #AARSBL22 to attend. #ecotheology #ecofeminism

Ecotheology, feminism, and international solidarity as we face climate crisis at a session celebrating the work of Rosemary Radford Ruether and the recent book "Valuing Lives, Healing Earth". #aarsbl2022 #ecology #theology #ecotheology #feminism #climate #solidarity

Book 24 of ?/2022 | Scripture, culture, and agriculture by Ellen F. Davis

#Agrarian #agricology #theology #ecotheology #climatecrisis #ecojustice #ecology #farming #permaculture

Here’s a bit of an #introduction then:
vicar/theologian/author/neighbour/friend
Staying with the trouble, making kin (Donna Haraway). 
People & communities as gifts not problems. 
Co-author (with Ruth Harley) #BeingInterrupted 
#ABCD #community #justice #solidarity #theology #ecotheology #anglican
🌍💚✊🏽🌈

As #COP27 continues to do its work, #PracticalTheology journal launches #ecotheology issue.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1756073X.2022.2126917

If we could harness the social capital of faith communities for #climatejustice it would make a huge contribution to the fight.

Here are some hashtags for what they're worth, in case people are searching #chelmsford #essex #anglican #church #conlang #zinzendorf #lay #clergy #training #stott #alinsky #CommunityOrganising #CommunityOrganizing #eckhart #curates #vocation #swallows #ecotheology #ChildTheology That will probably do for the moment!

Reflecting on #academia for a minute over here. I teach undergrads, mostly non-majors. My SLAC is cutting and cutting and travel budgets are minimal. I went to #StMikes #Regis at #UniversityOfToronto for a talk recently & paid out of pocket. #EliotInstitute of #ecotheology hosted #CeliaDeanne-Drummond of #Oxford’s #LaudatoSi Institute. So, you know, I HAD to! It was an inspiring day, helped me see what new work is happening, networked a bit, talked to students, spread word re my book. It was…

#introduction #introductions Hi, I'm Rachel, the lay #Chaplaincy of Westcott House: an #anglican #CofE theological college (#TEI) in Cambridge in the UK. I am also a #printmaker: one of my major projects is making prints depicting #DisabledChrist

I am #disabled #dyspraxic #neurodivergent with a condition which brings #fatigue and #pain. #spoonie

I'm interested in #DisabilityTheology #spirituality #creativity #theology #Franciscan #ecotheology #MarginalisedVoices #Chaplaincy #books #prayer etc