Category: Publications

May 25, 2026

Religion, Ritual, and Ecology

I served as ISSRNC’s President from 2015-2018 and was fortunate to take the position after Bron Taylor’s, Kocku von Stuckrad’s, and Laura Hobgood’s leadership had already turned the society into a vibrant community of scholars…One of the most rewarding aspects of my involvement with ISSRNC has been supporting our collegial conference communities as welcoming venues for international and early-career scholars…

Photo from the Oak Flat field trip at the ISSRNC conference in 2023. © Evan Berry.

May 4, 2026

Past President Future Tense

Over the past decade, but especially since the beginning of Trump’s second term, the US federal government has steadily intensified its assault on institutions of higher education, on climate science, on student activist organizations, on student loan forgiveness programs, and on programs of study that focus on social and racial inequalities…

April 29, 2022

New Film Explores Birth of Evangelical Climate Activist: Interview with Barry Lyons

An interview with ISSRNC member Barry Lyons about his film Virginia’s Calling. The film Virginia’s Calling offers “a sensitive look into the human effects of climate change on an evangelical family that never thought climate change would affect them.”