Living Trees and Living Waters stand at the heart of spiritual traditions around the world. As potent symbols of sustainability and vitality, can these images help us construct a vision of Zion and a renewed Earth? The shadow of the Anthropocene hangs over us all as the threat of Climate Change grows each year. Can …
Speaker: Madison Daniels
The Religious Case for Environmental Stewardship
Joseph Smith’s first visionary experience with the Divine was occasioned by pondering the swirling stars, radiant sun, and powerful Earth. Early Mormonism was tied directly to the land, be it the banks of the Susquehanna, Nauvoo, or the Salt Lake Valley. Sacred Land is an idea rooted deeply within the Mormon psyche. But that connection …