Philosophy

Pagan multiplicity and ecological challenges

Pagan multiplicity and ecological challenges
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If there is hope for a more nature-friendly religion, will we have new symbolising deities, mermaids?

Author

Neha Khetrapal, Associate Professor, Jindal Institute of Behvaioural Sciences, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana, India.

Summary

In this comment piece, the author reflects on the interactions between climate change and religious traditions.

Several pertinent questions emerge in the midst of the reflection: Can ‘human exceptionalism’ lead us away from conservation?

Will the world witness a new religion at the end of the Anthropocene Epoch?

If there is hope for a more nature-friendly religion, will we have new symbolising deities, mermaids?

Published in: Religion in Public

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