FACULTY & STUDENT RESOURCES
Environmental Courses
Harvard Divinity School
Harvard Divinity School Course Catalog
*HDS 3703 Indigenous Religious Traditions and Modernity: Seminar
J. Olupona Fall T 2:00-4:00
This seminar explores historical, theoretical, methodological, and conceptual
issues central to the study of indigenous religions of the world. It examines
the critique of indigeneity and explores emerging topics about the role that
religion plays in indigenous peoples’ lives, communities, and societies. Special
topics will explore issues related to land, environment, conversion, health,
the state, gender, aggression, violence, justice, and human rights. The seminar examines the interface of indigenous religions and modernity, colonial and postcolonial conditions, local and global forces that shape the practices of
indigenous traditions in various regions of the world.
*HDS 3823 The Tree at the Center of the World
K. Patton Fall W 1:00-3:00
Offered jointly through FAS as Religion 1011.
*HDS 3853 Buddhism and Social Change: Seminar
C. Queen Fall TBA
Offered jointly through FAS as Religion 1725.
*HDS 3916 Feminist Environmental Philosophy and Theology
S. Abraham Fall M 4:00-600
What beliefs, practices and theologies can give rise to green living for the
world’s religions? Feminist thinkers such as Rosemary Radford Ruether,
Sallie McFague, Catherine Keller, Vandana Shiva, Waangari Maathai, Susan
Griffin, Carolyn Merchant, Gayatri Spivak, M. Jacqui Alexander and Val
Plumwood assert that the gendered representations of nature influence our
imagination of ethical and planetary living. This course aims to inspire feminist
and constructive religious practices for planetary ecological health.
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