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Chris G. Crews
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Environmental Justice and the Global Rights of Nature Movement - New EPT Book Chapter
I'm excited to share that my new book chapter, Environmental Justice and the Global Rights of Nature Movement,' was just released in the new EPT Handbook from Palgrave! #EnvironmentalJustice #RightsofNature
I’m excited to share that another of my articles, this time a book chapter on environmental justice and the Rights of Nature movement, has just been published in the Palgrave Handbook of Environmental Political Theory (edited by Joel Kassiola and Timothy Luke). This new EPT handbook was just released this past month, and has a number of excellent looking articles in it which I look forward to…
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The Far-Right's Culture War on the Environment - ISSRNC Public Talk 2023
Video from my latest conference presentation on far right politics and anti-environmentalism at the 2023 ISSRNC conference in Arizona. This talk was part of a larger panel (full video below) on Right-Wing Religion, Politics, and the Environment.
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My New Anthropocene Book Reviews in SubStance
I'm excited to share a recent set of book reviews on #Anthropocene politics, art, and literature that was just published in the interdisciplinary journal SubStance.
I’m excited to share a recent set of book reviews on Anthropocene politics, art, and literature that was just published in the interdisciplinary journal SubStance, and which is publicly accessible from the link below. The review covers two book, After Extinction by Richard Grusin (Ed.) and Anthropocene Poetics: Deep Time, Sacrifice Zones and Extinction by David Farrier.
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Religion, COVID-19, and Biocultural Evolution - JSRNC Special Issue Published!
Here's a brief update on some of my work. The #JSRNC special issue on Religion, COVID-19, and Biocultural Evolution I worked on for the past many months finally came out in late May.
I’ve been meaning to post my newest article for a few weeks now and keep forgetting to do it, so here it finally is. This article in the JSRNC (16.1, 2022) is based on one area of current research I’ve been delving into for about 3 years now. It actually began before the Covid-19 pandemic started, when I was teaching Religious Studies courses at CSU Chico on the ‘End of the World,’ but this…
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Overpopulation Myths - Ideology vs Reality
Some reflections on the problematic discourse around #overpopulation and #environmental politics, and why this AJ video adds to the confusion.
Oh population and environmental politics, such a messy set of bedfellows.
Here I want to respond to a recent AJ+ video by Sana Saeed on what she calls the “overpopulation myth” and its historical arc. I appreciate Saeed addressing this important topic in the video, and there is a lot of important historical context that she covers which I suspect many people may not be aware of, or perhaps are…
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COVIDenial: Race, Religion, and Conspiracy Theories
Excited to share my latest public talk at Denison for the Global Studies Seminar on COVIDenial: Race, Religion, and Conspiracy Theories.
I recently had the pleasure to give a Global Studies Seminar talk at Denison University based on my ongoing research and teaching about far-right extremist movements, race politics, religion, and conspiracy theories, and how all of this has been entangled with our current coronavirus pandemic. The talk is now online for anyone interested.
As I mention in the lecture, this talk draws from an…
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Wild Baby Red Fox Rescue - Spring 2022
Wild Baby Red Fox Rescue – Spring 2022
So this spring has proved to be a lively one for many reasons, not least of which happened this week here in my own backyard.
Early this year I spotted a red fox dashing across my yard while there was still snow on the ground, but I hadn’t seen any sign of it since then. If you’ve followed my winter 2020-21 adventures, you’ll know my search for what I thought was an elusive fox in northern Ohio…
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Coyotes in Bradley Woods – A Winterish Saga (Week 4)
Here's the latest installment of my Coyotes in Bradley Woods – A Winterish Saga (Week 4) nature doc series! #Ohio
Here is the latest video compilation of my ongoing study of coyotes and other winter woodland wildlife in northern Ohio. You can check out my earlier video post in this playlist.
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Coyotes in Bradley Woods – A Winter Saga (Week 3)
Here's the latest installment of my Coyotes in Bradley Woods – A Winter Saga (Week 3) nature doc series! #Ohio
Here is the latest video compilation of my ongoing study of coyotes and other winter woodland wildlife in northern Ohio. You can check out my earlier video post in this playlist.
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Coyotes in Bradley Woods - A Winter Saga (Week 2)
Don't miss Coyotes in Bradley Woods - A Winter Saga, my continuing video study of winter woodland wildlife here in my back woods. #coyotes #Ohio
Here is the latest video compilation of my ongoing study of coyotes and other winter woodland wildlife in northern Ohio. You can check out my earlier video post here.
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A Week in the Ohio Woods
A Week in the Ohio Woods. A look at some of the local wildlife and forest friends this Feb here in Ohio. Guest appearances by white tailed deer and some coyotes #CanisLatrans
As some of you know, I’ve been searching for an elusive red fox in the woods behind my current home–or so I thought. While I’m still convinced I did spot a fox at least once, it’s clear from the video and photo evidence I was able to capture this past week that this is not a fox, but rather a coyote. And not only that, 2 coyotes, likely a mating pair from the looks of it.
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Religion, Ethics, and Martin Luther King's Racial Justice Legacy - Jan 18, 2021
Religion, Ethics, and Martin Luther King’s Racial Justice Legacy – Jan 18, 2021
In my Religion, Ethics, and Ecology class this week we are looking at the role of religion and ethics in struggles for social and racial justice, with a focus on the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. And since today is also MLK Day in the US, I wanted to bring in lessons from the past Civil Rights Movement to help us think about important ethical questions today in 2021.
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Insurrection, Treason, and Anti-fascist Politics
Some political reflections on the attempted coup by Trump supporters and what needs to be done. #NoPasarán #anti-fascist #MAGA #insurrection
January 6 began like most other days have the past few months. Yes, it was 2021, but let’s be honest. The only thing that changed on January 1 was the calendar.
President Trump continued to play the role of Ebenezer Scrooge, spreading ill tidings and tweets full of lies as tiny Tim lay asleep in his bed. A complicit Republican party continued to support carolers crooning on about election fraud.…
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Teaching the End of the World in a Pandemic- 2020 Reflections
Teaching the End of the World in a Pandemic- 2020 Reflections. Some thoughts and reflections on teaching and living in a time of pandemic and social unrest. #2020 #Endoftheworld
Congratulations, You Survived 2020!
I write this as 2020 rapidly approaches its final hour here in Ohio. Oh boy, what a year it has been.
It’s hard to even know where to begin, but the end of the world seems like as good a place as any. I don’t mean the literal end of the world, although to be honest a lot of 2020 felt like the end of the world was not far off. Like many others, I am looking…
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The End of the World 2020 Pandemic Megamix
After a lot of digital sweat and toil, I'm excited to finally share this mixtape I made with the help of my CSU Chico students in our End of the World Class. So here it is, The End of the World 2020 Pandemic Megamix. Enjoy!
My mockup of an End of the World album cover using AI art from my class.
As some of you know, I’ve been teaching a religious studies course this past year at CSU, Chico called The End of the World. As you can imagine, 2020 has been a wild time to be teaching a course about the end of the world, particularly when some of our weekly readings have touched in issues such as fear in America,…
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Pandemic Pedagogies - Learning from the Black Death and 1918 Influenza Pandemics
Some reflectings on teaching about the End of the World and #coronavirus in Religious Studies, using the Medieval #BlackDeath and the #1918Influenza pandemics as historical lessons. #teachthevirus #pandemicpedagogies @timkmak @katravel
By a chance of fate I found myself teaching a Religious Studies course on the End of the World this spring at CSU Chico, just in time to watch the world slide headlong into the coronavirus pandemic. Needless to say, the backdrop of a global pandemic has added a more serious edge to conversations with my students about the end of the world, which is hardly a light topic to begin with. As we moved…
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Thoughts #43
Thoughts #43. Some personal reflections on the passing of another year.
Another year has come and gone, and I find myself reflecting on how the next chapter of my story will unfold? It seems like just yesterday I was still so young. When I look in the mirror now what I see are weary eyes and long shimmering greyish hair stares back at me. That youthful gaze has gone the way of the last golden rays of sunlight, sinking far into the horizon.
Don’t misunderstand me, I…
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