Religion and Environmentalism

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Introduces the history, ideas and practices of modern environmentalism by examinig references to and invacations of religion in debates about the environment from the late 18th century to the present. The course focuses especially on the emergence of environmentalism as a broad-based philosophical, political and cultural movement and thus gives special attention to careful analysis of the place of religion in foundational environmentalist works of the second half of the 20th century. Pre-requisites: RELS 110 or RELS 152 or RELS 161 .