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Welcome to the new Yale Forum Blog!
We will be sharing a variety of original content including interviews, reviews, reports from the field, new and enhanced resources on the Forum website, content from our new video podcast series, FORE Spotlights, and much more.
Check back every Tuesday and Thursday for new content.
Today in the blog, we feature a few of the events in the field coming up this month. A full list can always be found in our Events section.
Contemplative Environmentalism Speaker Series and Workshop
July 6-18
Hosted by American University, the Lama Foundation, and the Center for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education.
All events online
Lectures free; fee for workshop
A Workshop and lecture series for teachers, activists, and...
This is the second part of a two-part interview with writer, artist, and scholar Celina Osuna, PhD, Assistant Director of the Desert Humanities Initiative at Arizona State University’s Institute for Humanities Research. We get into more details about deserts, discussing some ideas, events, films, and books that define...
This past Sunday, the Summer Solstice arrived in the northern hemisphere, and at sunrise on Saturday, Paul Winter performed his 26th Annual Summer Solstice Concert. The concert was virtual and livestreamed from his barn in Connnecticut, due to the pandemic. It was a joyous welcome for this vibrant season of solar infusion. In addition to Paul, the peformers included vocalist Theresa Thomason, cellist Eugene Friesen, Brazilian pianist Henrique Eisenmann, and bassoonist Jeff Boratko. The concert is still...
This week is the first part of a two-part interview with writer, artist, and scholar Celina Osuna, PhD. We talk about her perspective on desert humanities, including her writing and research as well as her work as Assistant Director of the Desert Humanities Initiative at Arizona State University’s Institute for Humanities Research. We also discuss the power of language, the importance of joy and hope, as well as the meaning of critical theory and its role in the humanities. She brings in examples from...
Today in the blog, we highlight the work of EarthBeat: Stories of Climate, Crisis, Faith, and Action, a project of the National Catholic Reporter.
EarthBeat's very frequent news articles on the intersection of faith and the environment are a valuable resource for anyone working in this area. Some of their recent stories include the Philippine bishops responding to the cancellation of the Kaliwa Dam Project, and their concern regarding the environmental impact and the relocation of indigenous peoples....
This week’s episode of Spotlights is the second part of a two-part interview with Susannah Crockford, PhD, author of Ripples of the Universe: Spirituality in Sedona, Arizona (University of Chicago Press, 2021), which explores intersections of religion, politics, race, class, and nature in Sedona, Arizona. We talk more about her book and its direct relevance to current events in United States politics, including the intersection of new age spirituality and conspiracy theories, as seen in people like Jake...
This year, the journal Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology is celebrating its 25th anniversary in print. To mark the occasion, the journal has made 25 articles, selected by editor James Miller, available for free to read online and download through the end of 2021. There is one article for each year of the journal's existence, from 1997-2021, across a wide range of topics. See the list below for the specific articles now available and links to each.
From the journal site:...
This week’s episode of Spotlights features Susannah Crockford, PhD, author of the exciting new book, Ripples of the Universe: Spirituality in Sedona, Arizona (University of Chicago Press, 2021), which explores intersections of religion, politics, race, class, and nature in Sedona, Arizona. Discussing the book, we touch on a wide range of topics, including new age cosmology, millenarianism, food, vortexes, aliens, conspiracy theories, the landscape and culture of Sedona, and much more. This is the first part of a two-...
On May 20, Jane Goodall was announced as the 2021 Templeton Prize winner, one of the largest single monetary prizes in the world. She is only the fourth woman to receive the prize in its 49-year history. The Forum congratulates and celebrates Dr. Goodall and her lifelong dedication to conservation work and the study of animals. She is a true inspiration!
From the Templeton site:
Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, UN Messenger of Peace and world-renowned ethologist and...
This week's episode of Spotlights is the second part of a two-part interview with David Haberman, PhD, Professor and former Chair in the Department of Religious Studies at Indiana University Bloomington. Last week, we talked about his work with religion and climate change. This week, we discuss his research into the worship of stones, rivers, and trees in northern India, with particular attention to his book Loving Stones: Making the Impossible Possible in the Worship of Mount Govardhan (Oxford...