Religion and Nature in North America

Whitney Bauman is Professsor of Religious Studies at Florida International University, USA. He teaches and lectures on science and religion, religion and nature, and religion and queer theory.Laurel D. Kearns is Professor of Ecology, Society and Religion at Drew University, USA.

• Part I: Traditions1. Overview, Laurel Kearns (Drew University, USA) and Whitney Bauman (Florida International University, USA)2. Reconciling to the Ancestors: The Spirit of Decolonization in Times of Pandemic, Timothy Leduc (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada3. Indigenous Language and Ecology, Marcus Briggs-Cloud (University of Florida, USA)4. The Tent of Abraham: The Emerging Landscape of Jewish, Christian and Islamic Ecological Traditions, Rebecca Kneale Gould (Middlebury College, USA) and Laurel Kearns (Drew University, USA)5. Asian Religions and Nature in North America, Elizabeth Alison (California Institute of Integral Studies, USA)6. Environmentalism, Ecological Activism/Theology and New Religious Movements Morgan ShipleyPart II: Embodiments and Identities7. Race, Religion and Environmental Racism in North America, Elaine Nogueira-Godsey (Drew University, USA), Laurel Kearns (Drew University, USA) and Whitney Bauman (Florida International University, USA)8. African American Religious Naturalism in the novel Sula by Toni Morrison, Tyson-Lord Gray (Boston University School of Law, USA)9. Religion Nature and Critical Materialisms, Courtney O’Dell-Chaib (Parish Episcopal School, USA)10. Bodily Beings: Sex, Sexuality and Gender at the intersection of Religion and Nature, Heather Eaton (Saint Paul University, Canada)11. Religion, Nature, and Disability, Roger Gottlieb (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA)12. Prayerful Living with Animals in the Ancestral Skills Movement, Sarah Pike (California State University, Chico, USA)Part III: Themes and Issues13. Globalization and Planetary Ethics related to Religion and Nature in North America, Cynthia D. Moe-Lobeda (California Lutheran University, USA)14. Religion and Climate Change, Kevin O'Brien (Pacific Lutheran University, USA)15. Petrocultures and Christianity in the United States, Terra Rowe (University of North Texas, USA)16. Is Extinction Religious?, Willis Jenkins (University of Virginia, USA)17. Animals and Religion, Laura H. Hobgood (Southwestern University, USA)18. Sacred Water of Florida: Ceremony & Spirituality in the Sunshine State, Victoria Machado (Rollins College, USA)Index

The book is more than potential course material—it is also a helpful overview of the scholarly perspectives on how religion and the environment intersect in North America.