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Faith and Environmentalism: A Symposium Co-Organized by the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities and the Collegium Institute


Cosponsored by the Penn Humanities Forum, the Penn Museum, the Penn Newman Catholic Community, the Green

Campus Partnership, and the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies

When: Thursday & Friday, September 24 – 25

Where: Penn Museum (3260 South Street, Philadelphia)

Thursday, September 24th; 5:00 p.m.

Lecture by Thomas R. Dunlap (Texas A&M) with response by Justin McDaniel (Chair, Penn Religious Studies). Reception to follow

Friday, September 25th; 12:00 p.m.: Green Faiths? Laudato Si and other Religious Responses to Ecological Pressures

Panel featuring Brad Gregory (Notre Dame), Bethany Wiggin (Penn), Carolyn Fornoff (Penn), Mark Shiffman (Villanova), Cam Grey (Penn) and Ilana Schachter (Penn). Moderated by Mary Summers (Penn). Lunch will be served.

For more information or to register, please click here here.

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