2010 Symposium
Symposium Resources
Following is a listing of selected blogs, texts, audio and video related to the topic of the 2010 Symposium.
1. This Symposium promotional video, shown at the fall faculty/staff workshop, provides an overview of the Symposium and provides some background information on topic.
2. This video from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies website (select Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim from November 2008) provides an overview of the intersection between religion and ecology. http://environment.yale.edu/multimedia/video-playlist/. More helpful information on this topic from the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology.
3. This archived radio program from Stanford University is a conversation between Joshua Landry (program host) and Michael Saler (guest speaker at the 2010 Symposium), co-editors of "The Re-enchantment of the World." http://www.stanford.edu/dept/fren-ital/opinions/shows/eo10089.mp3
4. An interview with Michael Saler regarding his forthcoming book "Geographies of Imagination: The Literary Prehistory of Virtual Reality." http://koreanfilm.org/Q/?cat=6
5. A link to a new NPR blog project, called "13.7: Cosmos and Culture". Adam Frank, along with other scientists and writers, write about life and the universe. http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/
6. This column, "Does Reason Know What It Is Missing?," written by Stanley Fish, was published April 14, 2010, in the New York Times and discusses the concept of "post-secular" as developed in a new book by German philosopher Jurgen Habermas.
7. A transcript from an address titled "The Wonders of the Word and the World," given at Chapel by Dr. Roy Hammerling, Associate Professor of Religion at Concordia.
8. An article from the University of Chicago Chronicle on the interpretation and use of images taken from the Hubble Space Telescope.
