Developing an ecotheology of critical hope in Cascadia
I got my copy in the mail this week of Protestant Spiritual Traditions, in which I have a chapter entitled, "Quaker Spirituality." It was a fun project to work on, and is in a collection of chapters about different spiritual traditions within Protestant denominations (including Friends, which I explained are sort of Protestant). Now I …
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New England Yearly Meeting's sessions were held virtually this year, as were most yearly meetings (and, of course, most other events...). NEYM Friends asked me to be their Bible Half-Hour speaker, and so I gave five half-hour talks on the topic of: "A Quaker Ecology: Meditations on the Future of Friends." I truly wish I …
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This coming week, I'll be sharing with New England Yearly Meeting for their Bible half-hours on the topic of "A Quaker Ecology: Meditations on the Future of Friends." Sessions run from Saturday, August 1–9, 2020, and are virtual, so anyone can register and join (they ask for a payment to cover the cost of the …
A new book released by Wipf & Stock, Protestant Spiritual Traditions, vol. 2 (ed. Frank C. Senn, 2020), contains my chapter, "Quaker Spirituality." The book also contains chapters on spiritualities within evangelicalism, Baptists, East Asian Protestants, and an essay on the body in Protestant spirituality. This volume joins an earlier volume that explores the spiritualities …
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My paper, "Friends and Watershed Discipleship: reconciling with people and the land in light of the Doctrine of Discovery," which I originally delivered at the American Academy of Religion conference last November, was published in Quaker Religious Thought's spring 2020 issue! If you need some reading material during the current pandemic, consider ordering a copy …
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Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) is holding an online conference on the topic of sustainability on February 22, 2020. All Friends are invited to register and attend! There will be several "speakers," who have made pre-recorded videos for the event. I have the honor of being one of those speakers, and other speakers include …
The last couple days, I got to attend a gathering in Salem, OR called "A Community Response to Climate Change," where a group of faith leaders from Oregon came together to talk about our shared interest in and concern about care for the Earth from a faith perspective. Organized by Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon and …
On Saturday, November 23, 2019, I got to share my paper, "Friends & Watershed Discipleship: reconciling with people and the land in light of the Doctrine of Discovery," with the Quaker Studies Unit and Pentecostal & Charistmatic Movements Unit at the American Academy of Religion conference in San Diego, CA. Here's the abstract, and you …
I'm putting the finishing touches on my paper presentations for two sessions at the American Academy of Religion conference this coming weekend in San Diego. I'm really excited to share my research and ideas, although I'm also feeling anxious and nervous about it. Both papers relate to ecotheology, but to different audiences and with different …
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Last week I posted about the release of the new book, An Ecotopian Lexicon (University of Minnesota Press), in which I have an entry on "Watershed Discipleship." One of the editors of the volume, Matthew Schneider-Mayerson, describes it thus on Twitter: It’s a speculative ecotopian lexicon for the age of climate change, inspired by Ursula Le …
