Citation:
Good, Jennifer Ellen. 2023.“Earth-based spirituality’s power to counter earthly disconnection?”. in Uses and Abuses of Power in Alternative Spiritualities. Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Abstract:
Abstract: This paper shares interviews I have conducted with people who have had spiritual experiences in/of/as nature. These interviews offer a context for, and an exploration of, the ways that alternative spiritualities can counter and challenge the imbalance of power that Abrahamic religions have exerted on an understanding of humans as separate from the earth. Bron Taylor (2010) proposes that “Christianity [bears] a heavy burden for the environmental crisis.” I explore what those who have spiritual experiences in/of/as the earth can tell us about the opportunities and obstacles for a spiritually and environmentally healing path forward.Presenter bio: Jennifer Ellen Good is an academic – associate professor focusing on environmental communication at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario; an environmental activist – worked for years with Greenpeace Canada; an earth spirituality seeker – born into a Jewish-Christian home, raised with Unitarianism and very much guided by interconnection and earth spirituality.
Presenter affiliation: Brock University