Religion Dispatches
Everyone is in agreement that desecration is a bad thing. Across cultures and throughout time, most any human being would say that dousing a dead person’s tomb with millions of gallons of crude oil is wrong. We should take advantage of this rare instance of human unanimity, and use the spiritual appeal of honoring the dead to help frame political arguments about ecological preservation and restoration.
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Even as the disaster in the Gulf continues to unfold so do our efforts to understand how and why it happened. But while concerns over environmental degradation and the billions in lost revenue occupy much of the news, the question of responsibility remains central. And who is…
Read More“Give us the wisdom to end this tragedy.”
Read MorePrayer proclamation signed two years to the day after Louisiana governor signed anti-science education law.
Read MoreFormer evangelicals now strive to shed possessions.
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Disasters brought on by humans.
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Author claims BP gusher proves his theory of a limitless supply of oil due to “centrifugal forces of the earth’s rotation.”
Read MoreIn the latest episode, the Hungry Earth, ill-advised human drilling has consequences.
Read MoreThe town of Rosemary Beach is living — for now — under a BP-free illusion.
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Nguyen sheltered hundreds of Vietnamese families in his church, and remained with them during the floods until the last family was rescued. Now with the BP oil spill creeping onto Louisiana’s coast, dismantling the lives of thousands of fishers, shrimpers, and oyster harvesters, many of whom are Vietnamese, Nguyen is in the position of miracle-maker again. It’s not a question of what Father Vien wants—it’s a question of finding out what a community needs.
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