Tucker/Grim R&E Interviews
This video is an interview of John Grim by a high school student Misha Votyakov. Professor Grim talks about his studies and perspectives on religion, oppression of indigenous cultures, the climate crisis, and more.
This video is an interview of John Grim by a high school student Misha Votyakov. Professor Grim talks about his studies and perspectives on religion, oppression of indigenous cultures, the climate crisis, and more.
Three women leaders of Interfaith organizations that focus on the environment discuss the many challenges and opportunities that have helped shape their leadership styles. How does each one describe leadership? What led them to choose climate change and environmental justice as their focus? What kinds of obstacles have they had to overcome and where have they found support and encouragement? Each offered their own personal philosophy and style of what leadership means to them as a way of encouraging the next generation to step into leadership roles in any profession.
Mary Evelyn Tucker is a codirector of the Forum on Ecology and Religion at Yale University in the United States. She 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.
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.
Bettina Gray interviews scholars Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim on the intersection of ecology and religious practice. Tucker and Grim are co-founders and co-directors of the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale University.
We are being called to a new mode of being human in the age of the Anthropocene. We are discovering our role within a vast evolving universe that gave birth to us and that orients and grounds us. We are seeking ways to nurture ourselves and the life community in an age of disruption and diminishment. Journey of the Universe narrates the epic story of the unfolding of the Universe, Earth, and humans over billions of years. Our discussion will explore this Emmy Award winning film, book, and conversation series that can inspire transformative and healing change for a flourishing future. Join TNS Host Michael Lerner in conversation with Yale Professor Mary Evelyn Tucker about the significance of our universe story in the environmental and social challenges of our times.
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.”
Drs. Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim reflect on the implications of Laudato Si for the global environmental movement. For Tucker and Grim, the papal encyclical is a powerful moral statement that links the suffering of the poor with the plight of the Earth.
Mary Evelyn Tucker discusses why she believes religion needs to play a greater role in discussions about the environment.
Drs. Mary Evelyn Tucker and Andrew Quintman interview His Holiness the 17th Karmapa of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. The Karmapa encourages people to recognize the interconnectedness of all life forms, an awareness that can bridge knowledge with actions that protect the integrity of nature.
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.
Poet, novelist, philosopher, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer Wendell Berry presented the Chubb Fellowship Lecture as a guest of Timothy Dwight College and the Yale Sustainable Food Project (YSFP), followed by a public conversation led by Mary Evelyn Tucker and Jeff Brenzel.
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.
An interview conducted by Douglas Williamson of Earth Charter International on March 11, 2013 with Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim during their visit to the Earth Charter Center for Education for Sustainable Development in Costa Rica. The interview ranges on subject but is concerned with religions, the Earth Charter, cosmology, care, and universal citizenship. Also watch short clips of this interview.
Panelists: Gary Snyder, University of California, Davis Christopher Patrick Parr, Webster University Bron Taylor, University of Florida Christopher Ives, Stonehill College.
Mitchell Thomashow moderates a discussion between Dr. Mary Evelyn Tucker and Dr. Sylvia Earle at AASHE's 2010 conference.
PeaceCaster Leslie Harrison interviews author Mary Evelyn Tucker at the 2008 Festival of Faiths.
Professor Mary Evelyn Tucker talks about the role religions can play in addressing the ecological problems of our time. Although all major religious traditions predate our modern awareness of the environmental situation, many are strongly rooted in humanitys dependency on natural cycles and the seasons. Here, Tucker explains how religions are reawakening this sense of connectedness to nature and gives encouraging examples of how eco-activism is emerging across the religious spectrum.
Carter Phipps of EnlightenNext magazine asks Mary Evelyn Tucker about the future of religion and spirituality.