Poetic Science: How Literature Conveys Knowledge of Nature By Kocku von Stuckrad For most non-specialists, much information about the natural world is drawn from newspapers, TV, and popular books. Even scientists are influenced by those sources. Another source of knowledge, Read more
On Life, Dogs, and Chernobyl By Whitney A. Bauman (Ferris Wheel, Pripyat, Ukraine) As someone who works in the broad field of “religion and nature,” and who regularly teaches a course on “Earth Ethics,” I jumped at the opportunity to Read more
Predators, Prey, and Snowdrops: Recognizing the Nature of the World By Graham Harvey Some Amazonian Indigenous people recognize two ways in which living beings relate to others, as predators and prey. More accurately, sometimes a being acts as a predator Read more
Circling the Elephant: Why Difference Matters By John Thatamanil Recently, my wife and I dared to enter an old local haunt in her hometown, Big Bad John’s, a bar in Victoria, BC. With bras on the ceiling and peanut shells Read more
Fire and the Transfiguration of Paradise By Sarah Pike On the morning of November 8, 2018, the world turned silver and a shadow of its normal self. A black cloud of smoke from the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, ten Read more
On Absent Priests, the Dignity of Women, and Refugees By Anna Mercedes In a Roman Catholic monastery near the prairies of the American Midwest, more than a hundred Sisters gathered to mark the Sunday of the Epiphany, a Christian feast Read more
\\ // By Cleo Mikutta – III – // \\ On a cruise ship caught in a tropical storm, the chlorine water in the indoor swimming pool has begun to imitate the violent rhythm of the waves outside. Read more
What is Your Part? Reflections on “Action” in a Time of Crisis By Susannah Crockford As part of my research on climate change, I recently interviewed a retired civil engineer who worked for decades in the oil and gas industry. Read more
Proud to be Bird-Brained By Jay Johnston I sat awkwardly aware of the tears coalescing and starting to slide down my cheeks. There I was, in the audience at a small community hall on a small island off Tasmania, losing Read more
Art Meets Astrology: Towards a Broader Understanding of Art History By Klemens Ludwig Traditional art historians and scholars ignore or even deny the importance of astrology in art. This limited view had led to some strange interpretations of artworks. It Read more