Porous Boundaries and Borders of Entangled Bodies A Counterpoint Conversation This year, Counterpoint is joining the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture conference at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The conference is devoted to the topic “Crossing Borders, Transgressing Boundaries: Religion, Migration, and Climate Change.” Read more
A Call for Conversations By Whitney A. Bauman and Kocku von Stuckrad This new year emerges out of a planetary context that is facing many entangled and wicked problems. We continue to see the effects of increasing global temperatures, including more extreme weather events, geological events, and social and psychological Read more
The Delusion that Only Individuals are Real By John Thatamanil Am I responsible for America’s racist past, even though I myself immigrated to the US from India when I was just eight years old? My parents had arrived two years before. What do my family and I owe to Read more
Decolonizing for the Planetary Community A Counterpoint Conversation at the conference of the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture (ISSRNC) Please join us online for a Counterpoint Conversation and panel discussion at this year’s ISSRNC conference! Conference theme: “After Earth? Religion and Technology on a Changing Read more
Celebrating Four Years of Counterpoint: Navigating Knowledge By Whitney A. Bauman and Kocku von Stuckrad If we want to address the major challenges of the 21st century—first and foremost climate disasters, human and other-than-human interdependencies on a global scale, as well as issues of social justice—concerted action is needed to Read more
Rethinking Personhood Beyond the Human: An Online Counterpoint Conversation on Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, 22 April 2020 A special event, featuring David Abram, Teya Brooks Pribac, Whitney A. Bauman, and Kocku von Stuckrad Many regard the celebration of the first Earth Day, on 22 April 1970, Read more