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The Forum welcomes contributions of scholars and activists around the world whose work examines the role religion play in revisioning future human-earth relations. Through their association with the Harvard University Center for the Study of World Religions Conference on World Religions and Ecology, the Forum has been affiliated with more than 800 scholars around the world involved in issues relating to religion and ecology. Current leadership in the Forum includes the following individuals:

 

Steering Committee

Coordinator

Mary Evelyn Tucker Yale University
Coordinator    
John Grim Yale University
Michael McElroy   Harvard University Center for the Environment
Tu Weiming   The Harvard-Yenching Institute
Richard Clugston   Center for Respect of Life and Environment (CRLE) of the Humane Society of the United States
Thomas Berry Fordham University, emeritus
 
 
Advisory Board of Area Specialists for the Forum

Buddhism

Stephanie Kaza   University of Vermont
Kenneth Kraft   Lehigh University
Donald Swearer   Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School
Duncan Ryuken Williams   University of California, Irvine
 
Christianity
John Chryssavgis   Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
John Cobb   Claremont School of Theology
Gordon Kaufman   Harvard Divinity School
Sallie McFague   Vancouver School of Theology
Rosemary Radford Ruether   Pacific School of Religion, Graduate Theological Union
 
Confucianism
John Berthrong   Boston University
Joanne Birdwhistell   The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
William Theodore de Bary   Columbia University
Rodney Taylor   University of Colorado, Boulder
 
Daoism
Norman Girardot Lehigh University
Liu Xiaogan Chinese University of Hong Kong
James E. Miller Queen’s University, Ontario
 
Hinduism
Ann Grodzins Gold   Syracuse University
David Haberman   Indiana University
Vijaya Nagarajan   University of San Francisco
Vasudha Narayanan   University of Florida
Lance Nelson   University of San Diego
 
Indigenous Traditions
Ogbu Kalu University of Nigeria
Oren Lyons   Onondaga Nation of the Haudenosaunee, SUNY, Buffalo
Mary MacDonald   LeMoyne College
Victor Montejo   University of California, Davis
Jacob Olupona   Harvard Divinity School
Leslie Sponsel   University of Hawaii
Ines Talamantez   University of Califonia, Santa Barbara
 
Islam
Frederick Denny   University of Colorado, Boulder
Richard Foltz   Concordia University, Montreal
Safei-Eldin Hamed   Texas Technical University
S. Nomanul Haq   University of Pennsylvania
Tazim Kassam   Syracuse University
Fazlun Khalid   Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Seyyed Hossein Nasr   George Washington University
Alwi Shihab Former Foreign Minister, Indonesia
 
Jainism
Christopher Key Chapple
Loyola Marymount University
Satish Kumar   Schumacher College, England
L. M. Singhvi   Member of Parliament, India
 
Judaism
Mark X. Jacobs Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life (COEJL)
Hava-Tirosh Samuelson   Arizona State University
Ismar Schorsch Jewish Theological Seminary
Steve Shaw   Jewish Theological Seminary
Moshe Sokol   Lander College for Men
 
Shinto
Rosemarie Bernard Waseda University
Sonoda Minoru   Kyoto University
 
 
Dialogue Partners

Science

Mary Barber   Ecological Society of America
Niles Eldredge   American Museum of Natural History
Ursula Goodenough   Washington University
Robert Lange   Brandeis University
Jane Lubchenco   Oregon State University
   
Robert Pollack   Columbia University
Caroly Shumway   New England Aquarium
Brian Swimme   California Institute of Integral Studies
Edward O. Wilson   Harvard University
 
Economics
Robert Costanza   University of Maryland
Herman E. Daly   University of Maryland
James Gillespie   Hitachi Foundation
Robert Massie   Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES)
Juliet Schor Harvard University
Eiman Zein-Elabdin   Franklin and Marshall College
 
Education
Thomas Collins Palmer Trinity School
Peter Blaze Corcoran   Florida Gulf Coast University
Don Melnick   Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC), Columbia University
Patricia Mishe   Antioch College
David Orr   Oberlin College
Mary Pearl   Wildlife Preservation Trust
George Rupp   International Rescue Committee
Larry Shinn   Berea College
Mitchell Thomashow   Antioch New England Environmental Studies Program
 
Ethics
J. Baird Callicott University of North Texas
Chris Cuomo   University of Cincinnati
Stephen Dunn   University of Toronto, emeritus
Dieter Hessel   Theological Education to Meet the Environmental Challenge (TEMEC)
Daniel Maguire The Religious Consultation on Population, Reproductive Health, and Ethics
Jay McDaniel Center for Spirituality and Sustainability, Hendrix College
Pramod Parajuli   Social Movement Learning Project
Bron Taylor   University of Florida
Franklin Vilas   Interfaith Partnership (UNEP)
 
Public Policy
Donald Brown Department of Environmental Protection, Pennsylvania
William Moomaw   Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University
Dennis Pirages Harrison Program on the Future Global Agenda, University of Maryland
Steven Rockefeller Earth Charter Drafting Committee
William F. Ryan   International Development Research Centre (Ottawa)
Timothy Weiskel   Harvard Seminar on Environmental Values
 
 
Area Specialists for this Web Site

Hinduism

Ann Grodzins Gold Syracuse University
David Haberman   Indiana University
 
Jainism
Christopher Key Chapple Loyola Marymount University
 
Buddhism
Kenneth Kraft Lehigh University
 
Confucianism
Joanne Birdwhistell The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
 
Daoism
James Miller Queen’s University, Ontario
 
Shinto
Rosemarie Bernard Waseda University
 
Indigenous Traditions
Melissa Nelson   The Cultural Conservancy
Leslie Sponsel University of Hawaii
 
Judaism
Moshe Sokol Lander College for Men
 
Christianity
Dieter Hessel Theological Education to Meet the Environmental Challenge (TEMEC)
 
Islam
Richard Foltz Concordia University, Montreal
 
 
Web Site Personnel
 
Forum Administrative Assistants
Anne Keeler Evans and Donna Rosenberg FORE
 
Web Site Consultant
Anthony Templer atanda web presence services
 
Annotated Bibliography Senior Project Editor
Melinda Mott Krokus Harvard University, Divinity School
 
Annotated Bibliography Project Assistants
Bev Foulks Harvard University, Divinity School
Tovis Page   Harvard University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Danielle Widman   Harvard University, Divinity School
 
Editorial Assistants
Rachel Billings Harvard University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Kim-Loi Mergenthaler  
Sara Roscoe Harvard University, Central Administration
 
Engaged Projects
Tovis Page Harvard University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
 
Public Policy Research Assistants
John Stith