In spring 2023, the Faculty of Religion and Theology hosts the ‘month of sacred nature’: a series of activities that explore the notion of ‘sacredness’ in relation to nature. The leading question is: how can religion and those academic disciplines devoted to the study of religion (theology, religious studies, humanities and social sciences) contribute to the radical repositioning of the relation between human beings and nature, in view of the growing criticism on the Anthropocene and the urgency to recover the human bond with the natural world?
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The Existential Dimensions of Climate Anxiety
Student event; March 13, 15:30 – 18:00; location: 3D
Interdisciplinary and Interreligious Perspectives on Sacred Nature
Academic conference; March 29, 11:00 – 15:00; location: Main Building, 6A-00
On Sacred Nature: Karen Armstrong, Pim Martens and Mark Verkerk
Public event; March 30, 16:00 – 18:00; location: NU-Building, Theater 4
Broze Aarde: Een Mis voor het Universum (Fragile Earth: A Mass for the Universe)
Public event / performance; April 15, 17:30 – 21:15; language: Dutch; location: Apostologisch Genootschap, Amsterdam Slotervaart, Louis Bouwmeesterstraat 214
About the Faculty of Religion and Theology (FRT)
The Faculty of Religion and Theology is the knowledge center for religion in society. Because religion matters in people's lives and in societal challenges such as climate change and conflict.
That is why our scientists from different academic disciplines and religious backgrounds research the sources, history, beliefs and contemporary practices of religious traditions.
FRT is a workplace where academics and students of different religious beliefs come together. From Buddhists to Christians and from Muslims to atheists: we enter into a conversation with each other. Differences and controversies are not avoided but taken seriously in dialogue and debate. This is how we train future leaders: for religious communities, education, care and NGOs.