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13th International Roundtable - Religion and Environmental Flourishing: Reflections from the Pandemic Experience (02/12)

Essays

On Why Religion Has an Essential Role in Addressing Environmental Concerns

On Why Religion Has an Essential Role in Addressing Environmental Concerns

Environmental disasters have been a natural part of the Earth's processes, but the current environmental crisis is distinctively a result of the Anthr...
Religion, Education, and Ecology in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic in India

Religion, Education, and Ecology in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic in India

The foundation of Indian culture, which embraces all religions, is spirituality. The basic faith of India is Sanatan, which means that is eternal cann...
Blessed be the Vulnerable: An Environmental Spirituality Arising out of the Pandemic

Blessed be the Vulnerable: An Environmental Spirituality Arising out of the Pandemic

A pandemic, named COVID-19, took an unprepared world by surprise. In response. we went into lockdown. Were we going into a quiet space or a confined s...
Ecological Disaster and the Role of the Church in Indonesia

Ecological Disaster and the Role of the Church in Indonesia

Climate change is a global present-day disaster that all countries in the world must work together in their respective contexts to resolve. Without co...
Environmentalism for the Post-Pandemic World: Lessons from Jainism and Jain Monks

Environmentalism for the Post-Pandemic World: Lessons from Jainism and Jain Monks

Jainism teaches that the way to liberation and bliss is to conduct lives of harmlessness and renunciation. The essence of Jainism is concern for the w...
Need for an Environmental Spirituality Going Forward

Need for an Environmental Spirituality Going Forward

Scientific surveys and empirical experience confirm that religion continues to play a prominent role in the life of people around the world, which mak...
Empathy - The Key to Handle Digital Communication Post-Pandemic

Empathy - The Key to Handle Digital Communication Post-Pandemic

With over 4,480 million social media users as of 2021, these digital platforms have become the most popular means to share everyday stories such as fa...
Religious Engagement in the Covid-19 Pandemic

Religious Engagement in the Covid-19 Pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic has presented a particularly urgent need for religions to take an active role in addressing the crisis. Although the pandemic is...
The Concept of Pluralistic Society in Qur’anic Perspectives

The Concept of Pluralistic Society in Qur’anic Perspectives

As a prelude to our study of the subject of pluralism, we should understand the conceptual foundation of pluralism according to the Qur’an. The fundam...
Digi-Mission: You Will Be My Witnesses to the Ends of the Earth (Acts 1:8)

Digi-Mission: You Will Be My Witnesses to the Ends of the Earth (Acts 1:8)

From the beginning of Christianity, evangelisers have always made good use of any resources that could enhance their spreading of the Good News. St. P...
The Future of Religion: Human Life - Education - Spirituality

The Future of Religion: Human Life - Education - Spirituality

In true sense, religion is not the communal or sectorial beliefs. It is eternal. Neither reason nor religion, but spirituality will be the future reli...
Thích Nhất Hạnh and Socially Engaged Buddhism

Thích Nhất Hạnh and Socially Engaged Buddhism

Many years ago, I did a ten-day vipassana meditation retreat at Dhamma Giri Vipassana International Academy in the town of Igatpuri which is 136 km aw...