Program Schedule
September 30 - October 2, 2024
Timezones
PST: Philippine Standard Time (Manila)
CET: Central European Time (Hamburg)
EST: Eastern Standard Time (New York City, Gainesville)
PT: Pacific Time (Berkely)
Monday, September 30, 2024
PST: 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
CET: 9:00 am - 9:15 am
EST: 3:00 am - 3:15 am
PT: 0:00 am - 0:15 am
Welcome and Introduction
Panel A&F: »Activism or Escapism?« Public Religion, Material Religion and the Climate Crisis
PST: 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm
CET: 9:15 am - 10:15 am
EST: 3:15 am - 4:15 am
PT: 0:15 am - 1:15 am
Religious views, environmental spirituality and religious affiliation of students: an analysis of their relationships
Rito Baring, De la Salle University (Philippines)
https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/
Activism as a New Paradigm in Theology? Religious Education for Sustainable Development in Public Schools in Germany between Partisanship and Neutrality
Katrin Bederna, PH Ludwigsburg (Germany)
https://www.ph-ludwigsburg.de/
Claudia Gärtner, TU Dortmund (Germany)
https://www.tu-dortmund.de/en
PST: 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
CET: 10:30 am - 11:30 am
EST: 4:30 am - 5:30 am
PT: 1:30 am - 2:30 am
Environment-related Religious Engagement. Evidence from the Switzerland Case
Adam X. Hearn, University of Basel (Switzerland)
https://www.unibas.ch/en.html
About the Stewardship of Precious Resources. Church Buildings as Local Media of Ecological Change
Sonja Keller, Augustana Hochschule (Germany)
https://augustana.de/english.html
PST: 5:30 pm - 8:45 pm
CET: 11:30 am - 2:45 pm
EST: 5:30 am - 8:45 am
PT: 2:30 am - 5:45 am
Break
Panel D: »Apocalypse Now!?« Climate Anxiety in Pastoral Care and Popular Culture
PST: 8:45 pm - 9:45 pm
CET: 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm
EST: 8:45 am - 9:45 am
PT: 5:45 am - 6:45 am
Climate Anxiety as a Spiritual Crisis
Panu Pihkala, University of Helsinki (Finland)
https://www.helsinki.fi/en
The Spiritual Lives of Children in an Age of Climate Anxiety
Joyce Ann Mercer, Yale Divinity School (USA)
https://divinity.yale.edu/
Panel A&F: Keynote
PST: 10:00 pm - 11:00 pm
CET: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
EST: 10:00 am - 11:00 am
PT: 7:00 am - 8:00 am
Keynote: Religion and Climate (in)Action: Assessing the Obstacles and Prospects for Effective Mobilization in Response to the Climate Emergency
Bron Taylor, University of Florida (USA)
https://religion.ufl.edu/