Richard Bohannon
Degrees and Post Graduate Research
- Ph.D in Religion and Society, Drew University
- M. Phil in Religion and Society
- M.A in Theological studies, Andover Newton Theological School
Research Interests
- Religion and Nature
- Religion and Urban Planning
- Urban Environments
- Civil Religion
- Environmental Justice Movement
- Secularization
Recent Publications
- Religions and Environments: A Bloomsbury Reader. New York: Bloomsbury Academic (forthcoming in 2013)
- Public Religion and Urban Environment: Constructing a River Town. New York: Continuum (2012)
- Grounding Religion: A Field guide to Religion and Ecology.Co-Editor, with Whitney Baumanand Kevin O'Brien, New York: Routledge (2011)
- Inherited Land: The Changing Grounds of Religion and Ecology,Co-Editor, with Whitney Bauman and Kevin O'Brien, Eugene, OR: Pickwick (2011
Recent Presentations
- "Acts of God and Acts of Nature." Society for the Scientific study of Religion, Milwaukee, WI
- "What Counts as a city? Reflections on religion and the city in a globalizing world." American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, GA
- "Religion and the Urban Apocalypse." Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences, Madison, WI
- "Urban Natures ." and "Saving the World (and the People in it,too): Ambiguities in the Relationship between Religion and Environmental Justice." (with Kevin O'Brien). Inherited Land: The Changing Grounds of Religion and Ecology, Florida International University, Miami Florida.
- "Theodicy in the Public Square: Questioning the City in the Aftermath of Disaster." American Academyof Religion, Chicago, IL
- "Toxic Waste and Race: Religious Activism and Secularization." Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Louisville, KY.
Professional Affiliations
- American Academy of Religion
- Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences
- International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture
- Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
Courses
- ENVR 150: Intro to Environmental Studies
- ENVR 215: Sustainability Workshop
- ENVR 300: God and Nature: Religions and Environments in the West
- ENVR 300: Environmental Justice
- THEO 111: The Biblical Tradition