Category Archives: Environmentalism

A prayer for the Gulf

Am inspired by this prayer for the Gulf. Here is an excerpt from this litany of “I am’s”: I am a fisherman and I worry about my livelihood. Vast areas of the ocean are closed to fishing, and now oil … Continue reading

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Environmentalism as faith

It’s not the connection I would make, but the analysis of what counts as “religious faith” (i.e., at least organized religion) is not uncommon. Faith is belief without verifiable evidence. This unquestioned adherence to the theory of Global Warming bears … Continue reading

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Climate change and a crisis of faith

[Worshipers at a shrine in Muranga pray facing Mt. Kenya during a ceremony to ask for rain. They also sacrificed a goat. The 17,057-foot mountain has lost 92% of its glacier cover over the last 100 years. Edmund Sanders / … Continue reading

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