Tucker/Grim R&E Interviews

John Grim is a codirector of the Forum on Ecology and Religion at Yale University in the United States. He discusses Abrahamic traditions and environmental change in the MENA region after attending a workshop in June 2019 cohosted by The University of Connecticut, Al Akhawayn University, and The Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale.

Co-Presented with Black Mountain Circle and Point Reyes Books as part of the Geography of Hope Series of Events. Join TNS Host Michael Lerner in another conversation with Mary Evelyn Tucker, whose new book, Thomas Berry: A Biography is due at bookstores in May. Written by Mary Evelyn with co-authors John Grim and Andrew Angyal, the book is the first biography of Thomas Berry, illuminating his remarkable vision and showing the ongoing significance of Berry’s conception of human interdependence with the Earth within the unfolding journey of the universe.

The Earth, the City, and the Hidden Narrative of Race connects the logics behind slavery, community disinvestment, and environmental exploitation to address the most pressing issues of our time in a cohesive and foundational manner. Most books dealing with these topics and periods silo issues apart from one another, but this book contextualizes the connections between social movements and issues, providing tremendous insight into successful movement building. Anthony's rich narrative describes both being at the mercy of racism, urban disinvestment, and environmental injustice as well as fighting against these forces with a variety of strategies. This event occurred during the Third Annual “Religion & Ecology Summit.”

Mary Evelyn Tucker discusses why she believes religion needs to play a greater role in discussions about the environment. Taped at the Parliament of the World's Religions 2015. 

In this plenary panel at the 2014 American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting in San Diego, California, Steven D. Kepnes (Colgate University) and Mary Evelyn Tucker (Yale University) interviewed Jimmy Carter.

In this complete interview, author and scholar Mary Evelyn Tucker reveals that humanity is currently at a crossroads integrating science and cosmology. She explains that we need to take all the knowledge and information we have learned from science and ground it in a renewed relationship to the earth, which is inherently spiritual. Only then, says Tucker, will we find real solutions to the current issues of our time.

This event took place on November 20, 2011 at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California. Panelists included: Gary Snyder, University of California, Davis; Christopher Patrick Parr, Webster University; Bron Taylor, University of Florida; Christopher Ives, Stonehill College. Mary Evelyn Tucker from Yale University presided.

PeaceCaster Leslie Harrison interviews author Mary Evelyn Tucker at the 2008 Festival of Faiths.

Carter Phipps of EnlightenNext magazine asks Mary Evelyn Tucker about the future of religion and spirituality.