Philosophy professor on "Religious Environmentalism"

Roger Gottlieb spoke Nov. 15 at Vanderbilt University on "Religious Environmentalism: Promises and Challenges." Gottlieb is a professor of philosophy at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Gottlieb, dubbed "a true spiritual guide for our day" by theologian John Cobb, is the author of A Greener Faith: Religious Environmentalism and our Planet's Future, Joining Hands: Politics and Religion Together for Social Change and The Oxford Handbook on Religion and Ecology. His vision is "a bright picture of the faith community's capacity for caring for God's creation," said Bob Edgar, head of the National Council of Churches.

Gottlieb's lecture was presented by the Project on Ecology and Spirituality of Vanderbilt's Center for the Study of Religion and Culture. For more information on the center, go to www.vanderbilt.edu/csrc/.

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[quaffer22]

HAH !!

Why is it that the people that espouse humans being the scourge of The Earth; are the epitome of their own self-described summarization of what ails us.

Are they intentionally portraying themselves as some sort of neolithic throw-back?

CLASSIC !

[cheeseUout]

@Merany1 very glad some has said that. Thank you. I remember Ghandi saying "I love Jesus, but I hate Christianity". THats pretty much what you're talking about

[dangerousnymph]

I remember a movie where a high school football player was in class giving a report. He fails miserably, so in a last ditch attempt to save his ass he shouts "SOANDSO HIGH SCHOOL RULES!" and the crowd goes wild.

Does Mr. Gottlieb play center or quarterback?

This lecture is full of base pandering to ego and trendiness, without offering anything of substance. It's full of so many gross fallacies I couldn't even begin to list them here.

[EvodiusTheophile]

That seems like a grossly oversimplified way of handling extremely complex ideas and historical facts. That's how the trick works right? Reduce something to a bland generalization and then apply it to any other bland generalization of your choosing?

[Merany1]

It is a pity that not many people have seen this video.

The world´s largest religions all have the same history.

They begin as a grass roots movements and then become overtaken by kings or politicians or people in power like Constantine, and the people become manipulated. This is precisely what has happened with the world´s largest secular religion, Environmentalism.