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THE ENVIRONMENT: RELIGION & ETHICS

ENVIRST/RELIGST 270
Course Description

What are sources on which members of religious communities draw in order to understand and address environmental change? Explores how religious persons and communities confront global environmental questions and challenges today, with case studies drawn from culturally and religiously plural societies such as India and Indonesia. Introducing diverse varieties of Christianity, Islam, and Hindu and Buddhist systems, gives overview of some approaches in the environmental humanities related to philosophy, history, sociology and anthropology, and ethics.

Prerequisties

Sophomore standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

3 to 4

Offered

Every Other Spring

Grade Point Average
3.74

1.34% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

0.84% from Historical

A Rate
80.95%

11.48% from Historical

Class Size
63

4.56% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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