Schedule and registration

Conference information

Speakers

To register:
Registration form (PDF)

Contact:
nature.sacred@oregonstate.edu

Kindlings:

Study Group Guide and readings

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Study Guide (80kb)
Bibliography (84kb)
All reading (178kb) or individually
below each author.

SPEAKERS

Marcus Borg holds the Hundere Chair in Religion and Culture in the Philosophy Department at Oregon State University. Internationally known in both academic and church circles as a biblical and Jesus scholar, he is the author of twelve books, including Jesus: A New Vision, the best seller Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, and The Heart of Christianity. Reading: Title, Marcus Borg

Joanna Macy is a leading voice in movements for peace, justice, and a safe environment. A scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep ecology, she is the author of Despair and Personal Power in the Nuclear Age; Thinking Like a Mountain; World as Lover, World as Self; Coming Back to Life: Practices to Reconnect Our Lives, Our World and other books.
Macy readings (88kb)

N. Scott Momaday is one of the country's foremost Native American scholars and writers. Momaday won the Pulitzer Prize for his 1969 novel House Made of Dawn. He has published many other books of fiction, poetry and essays, including The Way to Rainy Mountain and Man Made of Words.
Momaday reading(52kb)

Kathleen Dean Moore is the author of Riverwalking: Reflections on Moving Water and Holdfast, recently chosen for the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award, and The Pine Island Paradox. Moore is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Oregon State University, where she directs the Spring Creek Project for Ideas, Nature, and the Written Word.
Moore readings (120kb)

Seyyid Hossein Nasr is one of the foremost scholars of Islam in the world. He is the author of The Heart of Islam, Science and Civilization in Islam and many other books. Nasr is professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Nasr and his work are the subject of an entire volume of The Library of Living Philosophers.

Chet Raymo is the author of Natural Prayers, Honey from Stone, and Climbing Brandon, and many other books that explore the relationship between science and religion. Raymo has also published several novels and books for children. He is a professor of physics at Stonehill College in Massachusetts, and a science columnist for the Boston Globe.
Raymo reading (68kb)