What if the places that have always given us peace are slowly disappearing? What if the birds we hear, the forests we walk through, the oceans we depend on, and the very air we breathe are not guaranteed for our children, or even for us?
Roger Gottlieb, William B. Smith Professor of Philosophy at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and one of the leading voices exploring the intersection of religion, spirituality, environmental ethics, and ecological responsibility is on our show today. Roger is an author and or editor of 23 books, including This Sacred Earth and A Greener Faith. His work has earned multiple book awards and has appeared not only in scholarly journals, but also in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Orion Afield, and The Los Angeles Review of Books. Today, Roger joins us to talk about his new book, Nature Spirituality and the Environmental Crisis. Embracing A Sacred Wounded Earth. You see for generations, nature has been more than something we live around. It has been something that nourishes us. It has given us beauty, wonder, connection, reflection, and, for many of us, a sense of something greater than ourselves. So many questions around this are about who we are, what we value, what we owe one another, and what happens to our spirit when the natural world around us is in crisis. The important question is not whether Earth will survive us it we will and can we remain fully human without it?
