Deep Green Faith September 2021 Webinar 

Envisioning a Transfigured Creation

The Center for Religion and Environment at the University of the South is offering another webinar session Thursday, September 16 at 6:30 p.m. (Central Time) on the topic of Envisioning a Transfigured Creation, with Professor John Gatta.

This presentation will explore questions such as: 

• What larger meaning might the New Testament's account of Jesus' Transfiguration (metamorphosis) on a high mountain in Galilee hold for us today?
• How have the episode's far-reaching implications become clearer in the light of reflection by theologians, imaginative writers, and artists over the centuries?
• How might a "gospel of Transfiguration" offer fresh inspiration for that renewal of green faith and spirituality so desperately needed in our own time? 

Details

• Thursday, September 16, 6:30 p.m. Central /  7:30 p.m. Eastern
• This is an online event that will be delivered through the Zoom platform
• Although participation is free, registration is required
• Donations are welcome (suggested minimum donation, $25)(visit https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/13866/donations/new)

John Gatta is Professor of English Emeritus both at the University of Connecticut and at the University of the South, where he has also served as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.  In his teaching and research he has long been reflecting on theological topics, on the interplay between imaginative literature and religious faith, and on American environmental literature. His publications include three books that highlight environmental concerns: Making Nature Sacred: Literature, Religion, and Environment in America from the Puritans to the Present (Oxford UP), The Transfiguration of Christ and Creation (Wipf and Stock), and Spirits of Place in American Literary Culture (Oxford UP). He is now at work on a new book exposing the graces of “green jeremiad” discourse—that is, of writings meant to inspire a response to threatened environmental catastrophe, especially in our own era of climate change. 

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