Laurel Kearns
Biographic Data
| ID | 3922855 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laurel Kearns |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laurel |
| FAMILY NAME | Kearns |
| SIGNATURE | KEARNS L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Drew University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Trojan Horses Facing the Mirror: A Comparison between Religious Anti-Environmental Movement Organizations in the US and Brazil
We examine the appropriations of stewardship ethics by religious anti-environmental movement organizations (RAEMOs). Based on a qualitative analysis of promotional materials, we highlight similar framing alignment processes carried out by two RAEMOs in different contexts: the US Cornwall Alliance and the Brazilian Institute Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira (IPCO). We found that, despite their different theological inspirations and target audiences, the …
Ecospirit: Religions and Philosophies for the Earth
We hope—even as we doubt—that the environmental crisis can be controlled. Public awareness of our species’ self-destructiveness as material beings in a material world is growing—but so is the destructiveness. The practical interventions needed for saving and restoring the earth will require a collective shift of such magnitude as to take on a spiritual and religious intensity.This transformation has in part already begun. Traditions of ecological…
The Bitter and The Sweet of Nature: Weaving a Tapestry of Migration Stories
When Nature is Rats and Roaches: Religious Eco-Justice Activism in Newark, NJ
In this article, we set the religious landscape of Newark within the physical environment of Newark, an environment often more suitable for rats and roaches than evocative of the goodness and beauty of ‘God’s creation’. We speci?cally examine a range of strategies and campaigns by religious actors, and their non-religious partners, to ?ght the overwhelming toxicity and neglect of one neighborhood in the city—the Ironbound. We also consider some o…
The Role of Religions in Activism
Although scientists present facts, in relation to climate change, often depressing and alarming ones, it is religious traditions and leaders that can motivate people to change and can offer hope in the face of such facts. As this article illustrates, religious leaders and organizations can make a difference by mobilizing followers and framing the issue in moral terms; however, they can also stymie action on climate change through their vigorous r…
Ecospirit: Religions and Philosophies for the Earth (Transdisciplinary Theological Colloquia)
We hope—even as we doubt—that the environmental crisis can be controlled. Public awareness of our species' self-destructiveness as material beings in a material world is growing—but so is the destructiveness. The practical interventions needed for saving and restoring the earth will require a collective shift of such magnitude as to take on a spiritual and religious intensity. This transformation has in part already begun. Traditions of ecologica…
Shared Beliefs, Different Lives: Women's Identities in Evangelical Context
Journal Article Shared Beliefs, Different Lives: Women's Identities in Evangelical Context by Lori G. Beaman. St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 1999, 161 pp., $21.99 (paper) Get access Laurel Kearns Laurel Kearns Drew University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 63, Issue 2, Summer 2002, Pages 255–256, https://doi.org/10.2307/3712568 Published: 01 July 2002
God Gave Us the Right
Journal Article God Gave Us the Right, by Christel Manning. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1999, iv +283 pp. $20.00 (pbk) Get access Laurel Kearns Laurel Kearns Drew University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 61, Issue 1, Spring 2000, Pages 108–109, https://doi.org/10.2307/3712095 Published: 01 March 2000
Gatherings in the Diaspora: Religious Communities and the New Immigrants
Noah's Ark Goes to Washington: A Profile of Evangelical Environmentalism
Des voix environnementales evangeliques, ce n'est pas tres habituel, compte tenu du profil du militantisme des chretiens de droite aux Etats-Unis. Et pourtant, les environnementalistes evangeliques ont constitue une partie eminemment visible de l'opposition aux tentatives du 104eme Congres domine par les Republicains d'affaiblir la loi sur les especes menacees. Leur militantisme s'inscrivait dans une campagne plus vaste visant a convertir les chr…
Saving the Creation: Christian Environmentalism in the United States
In the mid 1980s, religious environmental activism in the United States increased dramatically. Based on field study of this emerging movement, this paper proposes three models or ethics of Christian-related eco-theology: Christian stewardship, eco-justice, and creation spirituality. As a portrait of the boundaries of this movement, the paper focuses in detail on Christian stewardship and creation spirituality. It then examines religious environm…
Transforming Faith: The Sacred and Secular in Modern American History
Journal Article Transforming Faith: The Sacred and Secular in Modern American History, edited by M. L. Bradbury and James B. Gilbert. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989, xi + 197 pp. $39.95 Get access Laurel Kearns Laurel Kearns Emory University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 51, Issue 4, Winter 1990, Pages 407–408, https://doi.org/10.2307/3711082 Published: 01 December 1990
The Sacred in a Secular Age
Saving the Creation: Christian Environmentalism in the United States
In the mid 1980s, religious environmental activism in the United States increased dramatically. Based on field study of this emerging movement, this paper proposes three models or ethics of Christian-related eco-theology: Christian stewardship, eco-justice, and creation spirituality. As a portrait of the boundaries of this movement, the paper focuses in detail on Christian stewardship and creation spirituality. It then examines religious environm…
Trojan Horses Facing the Mirror: A Comparison between Religious Anti-Environmental Movement Organizations in the US and Brazil
We examine the appropriations of stewardship ethics by religious anti-environmental movement organizations (RAEMOs). Based on a qualitative analysis of promotional materials, we highlight similar framing alignment processes carried out by two RAEMOs in different contexts: the US Cornwall Alliance and the Brazilian Institute Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira (IPCO). We found that, despite their different theological inspirations and target audiences, the …
The Sacred in a Secular Age
Transforming Faith: The Sacred and Secular in Modern American History
Journal Article Transforming Faith: The Sacred and Secular in Modern American History, edited by M. L. Bradbury and James B. Gilbert. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989, xi + 197 pp. $39.95 Get access Laurel Kearns Laurel Kearns Emory University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 51, Issue 4, Winter 1990, Pages 407–408, https://doi.org/10.2307/3711082 Published: 01 December 1990
Saving the Creation: Christian Environmentalism in the United States
In the mid 1980s, religious environmental activism in the United States increased dramatically. Based on field study of this emerging movement, this paper proposes three models or ethics of Christian-related eco-theology: Christian stewardship, eco-justice, and creation spirituality. As a portrait of the boundaries of this movement, the paper focuses in detail on Christian stewardship and creation spirituality. It then examines religious environm…
Noah's Ark Goes to Washington: A Profile of Evangelical Environmentalism
Des voix environnementales evangeliques, ce n'est pas tres habituel, compte tenu du profil du militantisme des chretiens de droite aux Etats-Unis. Et pourtant, les environnementalistes evangeliques ont constitue une partie eminemment visible de l'opposition aux tentatives du 104eme Congres domine par les Republicains d'affaiblir la loi sur les especes menacees. Leur militantisme s'inscrivait dans une campagne plus vaste visant a convertir les chr…
Gatherings in the Diaspora: Religious Communities and the New Immigrants
God Gave Us the Right
Journal Article God Gave Us the Right, by Christel Manning. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1999, iv +283 pp. $20.00 (pbk) Get access Laurel Kearns Laurel Kearns Drew University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 61, Issue 1, Spring 2000, Pages 108–109, https://doi.org/10.2307/3712095 Published: 01 March 2000
Shared Beliefs, Different Lives: Women's Identities in Evangelical Context
Journal Article Shared Beliefs, Different Lives: Women's Identities in Evangelical Context by Lori G. Beaman. St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 1999, 161 pp., $21.99 (paper) Get access Laurel Kearns Laurel Kearns Drew University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 63, Issue 2, Summer 2002, Pages 255–256, https://doi.org/10.2307/3712568 Published: 01 July 2002
Ecospirit: Religions and Philosophies for the Earth (Transdisciplinary Theological Colloquia)
We hope—even as we doubt—that the environmental crisis can be controlled. Public awareness of our species' self-destructiveness as material beings in a material world is growing—but so is the destructiveness. The practical interventions needed for saving and restoring the earth will require a collective shift of such magnitude as to take on a spiritual and religious intensity. This transformation has in part already begun. Traditions of ecologica…
The Role of Religions in Activism
Although scientists present facts, in relation to climate change, often depressing and alarming ones, it is religious traditions and leaders that can motivate people to change and can offer hope in the face of such facts. As this article illustrates, religious leaders and organizations can make a difference by mobilizing followers and framing the issue in moral terms; however, they can also stymie action on climate change through their vigorous r…
When Nature is Rats and Roaches: Religious Eco-Justice Activism in Newark, NJ
In this article, we set the religious landscape of Newark within the physical environment of Newark, an environment often more suitable for rats and roaches than evocative of the goodness and beauty of ‘God’s creation’. We speci?cally examine a range of strategies and campaigns by religious actors, and their non-religious partners, to ?ght the overwhelming toxicity and neglect of one neighborhood in the city—the Ironbound. We also consider some o…
The Bitter and The Sweet of Nature: Weaving a Tapestry of Migration Stories
Ecospirit: Religions and Philosophies for the Earth
We hope—even as we doubt—that the environmental crisis can be controlled. Public awareness of our species’ self-destructiveness as material beings in a material world is growing—but so is the destructiveness. The practical interventions needed for saving and restoring the earth will require a collective shift of such magnitude as to take on a spiritual and religious intensity.This transformation has in part already begun. Traditions of ecological…
Trojan Horses Facing the Mirror: A Comparison between Religious Anti-Environmental Movement Organizations in the US and Brazil
We examine the appropriations of stewardship ethics by religious anti-environmental movement organizations (RAEMOs). Based on a qualitative analysis of promotional materials, we highlight similar framing alignment processes carried out by two RAEMOs in different contexts: the US Cornwall Alliance and the Brazilian Institute Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira (IPCO). We found that, despite their different theological inspirations and target audiences, the …
Sociology (10 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics (7 works) · Environmental ethics (6 works) · History (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Religious studies (5 works) · Politics (4 works)