Religion, Animals, and Academia By Laura Hobgood As a PhD student in 1994 I thought nobody else found questions of religion and nature both fascinating and incredibly important. Luckily, Belden Lane emerged as my dissertation adviser. He contributed an early Read more
The Life-Giving Forests: Indigenous Peoples, Myths, and Fragments By Petru Moldovan The narratives and warnings issued by scientists about the high degrees of how and why the human and non-human environment are in a profound state of fragmentation are not Read more
Religion, Ritual, and Ecology By Sarah M. Pike I served as ISSRNC’s President from 2015-2018 and was fortunate to take the position after Bron Taylor’s, Kocku von Stuckrad’s, and Laura Hobgood’s leadership had already turned the society into a vibrant Read more
Geschichte der westlichen Astrologie: Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart Kocku von Stuckrad Vollständig überarbeitete Neuausgabe MITWELTVERLAG 304 Seiten, März 2026 ISBN (paperback): 978-3-00-084043-2 | €29.95 ISBN (eBook): 978-3-00-086694-4 | €29.95 In dieser umfassenden Geschichte der Astrologie beschreibt Kocku von Read more
Past President Future Tense By Evan Berry Over the past decade, but especially since the beginning of Trump’s second term, the US federal government has steadily intensified its assault on institutions of higher education, on climate science, on student activist Read more
The Planetary Costs of Nationalism By Whitney A. Bauman Invisible things matter. I’m not only talking about whatever we might call spirits, souls, or divinities, but also about reason, ideas, numbers, and language. These invisible things all materialize in the Read more
Companions and Partners in a More-than-human World: A Counterpoint: Navigating Knowledge Research Colloquium on 30 March 2026 In the forested landscapes of Tripura, a small region in Northeast India, the hornbill occupies a significant position. Since 2020, the state government Read more
The Origins of the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture and its Journal By Bron Taylor The idea to create the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture began in conversations I had Read more
Queer Muslims: Spiritual Resistance to Current of Islamic Conservatism in Indonesia By Muhammad Harkim Novridho In recent years, tensions between queer identity and religion in Indonesia have intensified amid the rise of a type of conservatism that rejects gender diversity. Read more
Relational Ecology and Climate Justice: The Bayan and Environmental Democracy By Arfi Hidayat Indigenous animisms in the Bayan region provide a great example of relational ethic. This ethic matches up with Kyle Whyte’s understanding of how Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Read more