Erotic Ecology: Ecosexuals and F#$% for Forest By Whitney A. Bauman One of the ideas behind queer studies is that heteronormativity is an essential part of what keeps us locked into hierarchies of oppression, at the base of which is human exceptionalism. Humans, that is, are somehow different from the Read more
The Climate Movement Has Named Its Enemy. Religious Traditions Can Help By Kevin J. O’Brien In May, anonymous attendees reported on a meeting at the Mar-a-Lago Club between Donald Trump and some of the U.S.’s top oil executives. The former president apparently asked the executives to raise $1 billion for Read more
“The Journey of Pachamama” – Dark Green Christianity in West Germany During the 1980s By Maria Schubert and Simon Wiesgickl In 1989, the German theologian Bärbel von Wartenberg-Potter wrote a small book with the title “The Journey of Pachamama.” In her book, she shared her insights from her encounters with Read more
Narrative Warfare and the Noosphere in Steve Bannon’s Populist Revolt By Boris Shoshitaishvili and Lisa H. Sideris On July 1, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling that granted Donald Trump considerable immunity from prosecution for his role in the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack. Rightwing populist victories in Read more
The Bodywork of Social Transformation By Anna Mercedes In a 2007 article, philosopher Maria Lugones quietly made a very large claim. She articulated the ways that modern colonialism violently rewrote sex and gender norms with what she called the “Colonial/Modern Gender System.” Building from other models of coloniality that theorized Read more
The Ecofascist Potentials of Dark Green Religion? By Nathaniel J. P. Barron As Bron Taylor points out on this blog, given the increasing social and political influence of dark green religion, one central aim of a recent conference in Mainz was to question its future prospects. This presented an opportunity Read more
Belonging to the World By John Thatamanil Countless are the passages in Christian scripture which suggest that Christians ought not to regard this world as their true home. Cultivating a sense of belonging to the world has almost never been an explicit goal of classical Christian teaching. Christians are not Read more
Dark Green Religion in Europe: Perilous Specter or Promising Movement? By Bron Taylor In April 2024 a conference titled Dark Green Religion in Europe: History & Impacts; Dangers & Prospects took place at the Leibniz-Institute of European History in Mainz, Germany. For three days scholars wrestled with the argument and Read more
A Postcolonial Romanticism? By Whitney A. Bauman I was recently a participant at a symposium on the 19th-century “German Darwin,” Ernst Haeckel. For readers who don’t know who Haeckel is, think of a 19th-century EO Wilson mixed with some Richard Dawkins. He was the popularizer of evolutionary theory in Europe, Read more
Reinventing Creativity By Imran Khan My visit to Berlinale (and the European Film Market: EFM), one of Europe’s ‘big three’ film festivals, was full of the requisite drama. Not just because the Berlin Minister of Culture decided she needed to clarify that she was only clapping for the Israeli part Read more