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On Life, Dogs, and Chernobyl

On Life, Dogs, and Chernobyl By Whitney A. Bauman   (Ferris Wheel, Pripyat, Ukraine)  As someone who works in the broad field of “religion and nature,” and who regularly teaches a course on “Earth Ethics,” I Read more…

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A Good Death

A Good Death By Whitney A. Bauman       Many of us in “western” cultures are steeped in ethical and aesthetic questions about “the good life.”  What is it and who has access to Read more…

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The Time of Loneliness

The Time of Loneliness   by Whitney A. Bauman We live in a world of sped-up reality.  Sociologists describe the fossil-fueled pace of our world as a “space-time” crunch.  This means that the communities near to Read more…