Minnesota: Manitou Messenger – Nature and faith collide at lecture

On Thursday, Nov. 20, the Valhalla ballroom hosted the Green Faith Conference, an event sponsored jointly by the Interfaith and Environmental Coalitions. The purpose of the event was to promote discussion of how one’s personal religious beliefs inform and affect environmental attitudes. The featured speaker of the evening was Instructor of Religion Jacob Erickson. He teaches REL 121: The Green Bible, a first-year religion class that discusses similar topics to those of the Green Faith Conference. Erickson believes that discussion of the topic is long overdue. Keep reading…