Daniel T Spencer
Biographic Data
| ID | 6625420 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel T Spencer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel T |
| FAMILY NAME | Spencer |
| SIGNATURE | SPENCER D T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Montana |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Re-storying Grant Creek: Relational restoration on a degraded Montana Stream
The ‘relational turn’, proposed for the sustainability sciences, provides an ontological and methodological means to move beyond positivist portrayals of ecological restoration in social-ecological systems towards what we call relational restoration. The proposed restoration of Grant Creek, a degraded stream near Missoula, Montana, is a socially rich and ecologically dynamic case study of restoration planning. This essay combines biophysical and …
Thomas Berry
All My Means are Sane, My Motive and My Object Mad”
Neoliberal economic globalization is motivated by the quest for ever-increasing profits and endless economic growth. Both the motive and means of economic globalization prove to be irrational in the context of the ecological limits of the planet. Rising rates of social and economic inequality coupled with growing ecological breakdown and climate change demonstrate that this economic model is neither socially just nor environmentally sustainable. …
The Faithful Skeptics: Evangelical Religious Beliefs and Perceptions of Climate Change
Polling data has indicated that evangelical Christians tend toward skepticism about the existence of anthropogenic climate change. Recognizing that evangelical Christians compose a politically influential population, we conducted interviews with pastors and lay members of churches in Dallas, Texas to assess the relationship between their religious beliefs and their views on climate change. In-depth interviews showed more complex relationships bet…
Paul B. Thompson. The agrarian vision: Sustainability and environmental ethics
Free Trade Agreements and the Neo-Liberal Economic Paradigm: Economic, Ecological, and Moral Consequences
Since signing and implementing the North American Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in the early 1990s, the United States has pursued other free trade agreements with nations in Latin America and Asia. The premise undergirding FTAs is that trade liberalization within the neo-liberal global economy produces economic growth and development among all parties, and reduces poverty in poor nations. We examine arguments of proponents of free trade and the neo-…
Evolutionary Literacy: A Prerequisite for Theological Education
Scientific literacy in evolutionary theory and scientific methods should be a required component of graduate theological education in the United States, so that pastors and theologians may participate constructively in contemporary debates about religion and evolution. Four areas of deficiency in theological education that should be addressed include the need to (1) reintegrate scientific literacy back into theological education; (2) integrate th…
Putting Our Bodies on the Line: Markers for Justice; Continuing the Conversation between Lesbians and Gay Men in Religion
The Faithful Skeptics: Evangelical Religious Beliefs and Perceptions of Climate Change
Polling data has indicated that evangelical Christians tend toward skepticism about the existence of anthropogenic climate change. Recognizing that evangelical Christians compose a politically influential population, we conducted interviews with pastors and lay members of churches in Dallas, Texas to assess the relationship between their religious beliefs and their views on climate change. In-depth interviews showed more complex relationships bet…
Free Trade Agreements and the Neo-Liberal Economic Paradigm: Economic, Ecological, and Moral Consequences
Since signing and implementing the North American Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in the early 1990s, the United States has pursued other free trade agreements with nations in Latin America and Asia. The premise undergirding FTAs is that trade liberalization within the neo-liberal global economy produces economic growth and development among all parties, and reduces poverty in poor nations. We examine arguments of proponents of free trade and the neo-…
Putting Our Bodies on the Line: Markers for Justice; Continuing the Conversation between Lesbians and Gay Men in Religion
Evolutionary Literacy: A Prerequisite for Theological Education
Scientific literacy in evolutionary theory and scientific methods should be a required component of graduate theological education in the United States, so that pastors and theologians may participate constructively in contemporary debates about religion and evolution. Four areas of deficiency in theological education that should be addressed include the need to (1) reintegrate scientific literacy back into theological education; (2) integrate th…
Free Trade Agreements and the Neo-Liberal Economic Paradigm: Economic, Ecological, and Moral Consequences
Since signing and implementing the North American Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in the early 1990s, the United States has pursued other free trade agreements with nations in Latin America and Asia. The premise undergirding FTAs is that trade liberalization within the neo-liberal global economy produces economic growth and development among all parties, and reduces poverty in poor nations. We examine arguments of proponents of free trade and the neo-…
Paul B. Thompson. The agrarian vision: Sustainability and environmental ethics
The Faithful Skeptics: Evangelical Religious Beliefs and Perceptions of Climate Change
Polling data has indicated that evangelical Christians tend toward skepticism about the existence of anthropogenic climate change. Recognizing that evangelical Christians compose a politically influential population, we conducted interviews with pastors and lay members of churches in Dallas, Texas to assess the relationship between their religious beliefs and their views on climate change. In-depth interviews showed more complex relationships bet…
All My Means are Sane, My Motive and My Object Mad”
Neoliberal economic globalization is motivated by the quest for ever-increasing profits and endless economic growth. Both the motive and means of economic globalization prove to be irrational in the context of the ecological limits of the planet. Rising rates of social and economic inequality coupled with growing ecological breakdown and climate change demonstrate that this economic model is neither socially just nor environmentally sustainable. …
Thomas Berry
Re-storying Grant Creek: Relational restoration on a degraded Montana Stream
The ‘relational turn’, proposed for the sustainability sciences, provides an ontological and methodological means to move beyond positivist portrayals of ecological restoration in social-ecological systems towards what we call relational restoration. The proposed restoration of Grant Creek, a degraded stream near Missoula, Montana, is a socially rich and ecologically dynamic case study of restoration planning. This essay combines biophysical and …
Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Sustainability (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works)