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Pope Francis has laid emphasis on protecting the environment, but he’s not the only pope to speak about caring for nature. AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino

October 8, 2021

Caring for the environment has a long Catholic lineage – hundreds of years before Pope Francis

Joanne M. Pierce, College of the Holy Cross

Environmentalism may seem like a new mindset, especially in the Church. But care for creation has been woven into Catholicism for centuries.

Religions and religious leaders are actively voicing out impacts of climate change, alongside with scientists and youth movement. Billy Halim/Pixabay

November 11, 2019

Turning to faiths to save the planet. How religions shape environmental movement in Indonesia

Jonathan D Smith, University of Leeds

The problems of climate change are not only problems of science and technology. They are also moral, ethical and spiritual problems about how we live our lives.

A bison on its way in the Bialowieza forest in Poland. By Herr stahlhoefer - Own work, Public Domain,

May 2, 2017

Do passages in the Bible justify cutting down forests?

Matthew Hall, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

In countries that identify predominantly as Christian, scripture and its interpretations carry serious sociopolitical weight.

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Joanne M. Pierce
Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
Matthew Hall
Senior Researcher, Environmental Law Initiative and Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Jonathan D Smith
Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for Religion and Public Life, University of Leeds

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