Strategic Provincialization By Kocku von Stuckrad Over twenty years ago, Bron Taylor invited me to join the editorial team of the Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature. Like other authors in this little series of blog posts, I was drawn into the preparations for founding the International Society for the Study Read more
Tempus Fugit: Monarchs, Mentors, and Mysteries By Lisa H. Sideris When I reflect on my debt to the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture, what often comes to mind is butterflies. Specifically, monarch butterflies. I don’t recall precisely how or when I became aware of the Read more
A Philosopher and 300 Religious Studies Scholars Walk into a Bar By Mark Peterson I’ve been involved with the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture (ISSRNC) almost from the start, beginning with the old membership committee, a handful of presentations, helping out with conference organizing, and Read more
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 voice to religion and nature in North America. Then I 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 community of scholars. During and before my presidency I worked 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 organizations, on student loan forgiveness programs, and on programs of 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 with Sarah McFarland Taylor and Rebecca Gould in the late Read more