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Jacob J. Erickson

Jacob J. Erickson is Assistant Professor of Theological Ethics at the Loyola Institute in the School of Religions, Trinity College Dublin.

(A)theologies, ArchiveNovember 1, 2017

Insecto-Theology: A Wake for Our Planetary Commons

By Jacob J. Erickson

Given the amount of information we process on a day-to-day basis, paying attention to minutiae…

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(A)theologies, Remapping American ChristianitiesJune 2, 2017

“I Worship Jesus, Not Mother Earth”: American Christian Exceptionalism and the Paris Withdrawal

By Jacob J. Erickson

Slow violence. That’s how Rob Nixon, scholar of environmental humanities, describes the changes inflicted by a warming…

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(A)theologies, OMFG, Remapping American ChristianitiesApril 13, 2017

Crucifying the Prairie: An Eco-Theology of Resistance for Good Friday

By Jacob J. Erickson

When strangers find out that I’m from North Dakota, I get a few stock responses….

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(A)theologies, Archive, StoriesJuly 29, 2015

The Martyrdom of Cecil the Lion

By Jacob J. Erickson

Earlier this year, I sit in the passenger seat of a land rover with my…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Science & TechnologyJune 19, 2015

Falling in Love With the Earth: Francis’ Faithful Ecology

By Jacob J. Erickson

In a brief article in an unassuming 1967 edition of Science, a medieval historian from…

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(A)theologies, Archive, StoriesApril 22, 2015

Elephant Orphans and Ecological Spiritualities: An Earth Day Reflection

By Jacob J. Erickson

It is a mild Kenyan day.  With temperatures in the 70s, I smile with some Lutheran guilt because I know I am missing the worst of Minnesota’s frosty brunt of the so-called “polar vortex” (climate change in action).  At this moment, instead of curling up with blankets…

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