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A Religious Nature: Philosopher Seyyed Hossein Nasr on Islam and the Environment

By Elisabeth Eaves — 2015

In this interview, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, a university professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University, talks with the Bulletin’s Elisabeth Eaves about Islam and the environment.

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Technology and the Age of Broken Tablets

We need to think about the values we treasure, the world we create and the tablets we are writing. The Torah must be both adopted and adapted in this new world. We stand again at Sinai, and the revelation, dark or bright, is in our hands.

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For Our Faith to Grow, We Must Celebrate its Roots in Nature

When our ancestors received the Torah, they stood at a mountain. When we celebrate receiving the Torah on Shavuot, we will stand in the pews. They looked at the sky; we will look at the ceiling. They were warmed by the sun; we will be cooled by the air conditioning. I am a rabbi in a synagogue.

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Evolution Is Our Fundamental Reality

We are living in the midst of several major crises, including the environment and the institutional church. Does academic theology play a role here as well? Well, yes. As co-creators, we can begin to resolve some of the problems by better integrating theology and science.

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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: Prophet of Cosmic Hope

Each act of love, no matter how small or hidden, moves all of reality closer to unity and connection.

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How Ramadan Teaches Us to Give, Forgive, Accept and Let Go

Here Sherin explains why Ramadan is about so much more than fasting...

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Environmental Exploitation