Inaugural Conference on “Ecological Spiritualities”

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On April 27-30 2022, Harvard Divinity School’s Program for the Evolution of Spirituality will host its inaugural conference on “Ecological Spiritualities.” The conference will feature presentations and workshops exploring the evolution of earth-based spiritual traditions and highlighting innovative spiritual practices that are emerging in response to the painful realities of climate change, mass extinction, biodiversity loss, and the disruption of local and global ecosystems.

Speakers will be joining us from across the globe. They include professors and students from a variety of theoretical, methodological, and disciplinary perspectives. We also welcomed proposals from spiritual leaders, environmental activists, farmers, and others whose work places them at the intersection of spirituality and ecology. Paper topics span from interspecies interdependence to textual analysis to Indigenous cosmologies to spiritual appropriation to race and environmentalism to issues in contemporary paganism. We hope that this broad range of methodological approaches, religious traditions, and geographical regions creates space for open discussions and a fruitful opportunity for deep learning among scholars, spiritual leaders, and others who care about the intersection of spirituality and ecology.

We intend to host a hybrid conference with both presenters and attendees able to participate either remotely or in-person. To ensure participants’ safety, we will cap in-person participation at 150 people. We have currently reached that limit and are accepting only virtual registrations. Please indicate in your registration whether you would like to be placed on a waiting list for any in-person spaces that may open up.