Godspeed Institute - Dr. John Grim - 11/25/12

Dr. John Grim is a Senior Lecturer and Research Scholar at Yale University, where he has appointments in the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies as well as the Divinity School and the Department of Religious Studies.  Dr. Grim is co-founder and co-director of the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale University, along with Mary Evelyn Tucker. His published works include: The Shaman: Patterns of Religious Healing among the Ojibway Indians, and Indigenous Traditions and Ecology: The InterBeing of Cosmology and Community. He teaches courses in Native American and Indigenous religions and World religions and ecology. Topics in the engaging hour include: the new World Bank report on climate change;  the Forum on Religion and Ecology; shamanism; indigenous peoples and spirituality; religions on connectedness and dominion; Thomas Berry, Brian Swimme and The Universe Story; the moral nature of the ecological crisis; how the religions can be part of the development of ethics toward sustainability; a cooperative universe; religious environmentalism; Caer’s Tip for your Spiritual Toolbelt – The Canticle of the Creatures, by Francis of Assisi; and more. For more information, visit www.godspeedinstitute.com