Learning to Lead from the Land
On September 14-16, the Center for Religion and Environment, together with the Diocese of East Tennessee and Good News Gardens, hosted a 3-day event for environmental leaders from dioceses in the Southeast titled "Learning to Lead from the Land". Participants visited the University Farm and the University Art Gallery, and walked Sewanee's Black History Trail and hiked in Lost Cove. CRE advisor Jemonde Taylor led a workshop on environmental justice and listening to the land. The group closed with Eucharist, where Sister Hannah of the Community of St. Mary preached about Hildegard of Bingen.
"Learning to Lead from the Land" was part of the larger "Field Days" project supported by an Episcopal Church grant.
Webinar: Churches on the Front Lines of Climate Change
On April 25 at 9am Central, join CRE Director Dr. Andy Thompson and the Rev. Simion Kinono, Environmental Coordinator for the Diocese of Buye in Burundi, for a webinar on how churches are confronting climate change around the world. Rev. Kinono will present his own reforestation work in Burundi leading community workshops and planting more than 10,000 trees. Dr. Thompson will identify how the latest climate research can inform churches' environmental ministries.
Click below to learn more and register for the webinar.
The Rev. Rachel Taber-Hamilton Lectures on Postcolonial Theology
On March 1, the School of Theology hosted the Rev. Melissa Kean, T'19, Memorial Lecture which was held by the Rev. Rachel Taber-Hamilton. As a Shackan member of the First Nation, Taber-Hamilton represents the Episcopal Church on the board of the Anglican Indigenous Network and is the Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Everett, WA. A recording of her lecture entitled “ The Barbie & Pocahontas Dialogues: Healing the Cultural Divide Between Indigenous Episcopalians and the Church,” is available for viewing.
The Rev. John Burress to Speak About Creation Care
The Rev. John Burress, Rector of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Birmingham, Alabama, will speak about his church's environmental stewardship and creation care ministries. Sponsored by the School of Theology Creation Care Committee, this event is at 3:00 in Hamilton Hall's Hargrove Auditorium on November 16, and is open to everyone!
The Rev. Jemonde Taylor Receives Award for Environmental Justice
At the 2022 School of Theology Alumni Lectures, The Rev. Robert Jemonde Taylor received the Service Award in recognition of his environmental justice work at St. Ambrose Episcopal Church in Raleigh, North Carolina.
