Bron Taylor, the Samuel S. Hill Ethics Professor at the University of Florida, will present a lecture titled "Globalization and Earth-Based Spiritualities" on Wednesday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the Red Pit. Taylor has written widely about the religious and ethical dimensions of environmental movements around the world. His books include Ecological Resistance Movements: the Global Emergence of Radical and Popular Environmentalism and the Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature (Continuum 2005).
At the University of Florida he is developing an innovative, interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in religion, with an emphasis on nature-human relationships. He is also leading an international effort to establish a Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture, and a corresponding journal. This lecture is sponsored by the Globalization Sophomore Seminars, the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center and the College Speaker Fund.
