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Counterpoint: Navigating Knowledge Honoring the diversity of knowledge systems and enabling a fruitful conversation among them for the benefit of the planet.

Berlin, Germany
Joined August 2017
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"The New Arms Race and the Approaching Climate Havoc: A Tipping Point for Humanity“: My article shows how the new surge of militarization is exacerbating both the #ClimateCrisis and the risk of nuclear war. counterpointknowledge.org/th…
On this 4th July, Americans celebrate 'independence day' but it is time the world celebrated '#interdependence day' says @BronTaylor in this excellent article @CounterpointBer counterpointknowledge.org/in… #rights4nature - @GhoshAmitav
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Does the earth-gripping gravity of climate change imply it is the only real issue? Shouldn’t we subordinate all other issues—pandemic, BLM, war, and failed reproductive care? No, that won’t work. @CounterpointBer counterpointknowledge.org/co…
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📷 My latest article has been published on @CounterpointBer ‘How do we know what is true? Living between science and belief’. You can read it here: counterpointknowledge.org/kn… This... tmblr.co/Z5R5NybNWtU9Sq00
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Must-read article @CounterpointBer on #solarpunk fiction and some of its best stories - creating new myths for the #EcologicalCivilization - 'out of the labyrinth that is human exceptionalism' - counterpointknowledge.org/ca… - @TimChristiaens5 @AimeTim @GhoshAmitav @shwetawrites
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Important conversation. Read my brilliant @UCC colleague @rachwoodlock writing on “A Debate about #Islamophobia, #Christophobia, and #Religious Freedom.” @Counterpointber @UCCDeptReligion link 👉🏾 counterpointknowledge.org/po…
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Thrilled to announce this series of webinars beginning next January ⁦@KenanEthics⁩ ⁦@DukeU⁩ ⁦@DukeDivinity⁩ ⁦@HLuceFdn⁩ Help spread the word! ⁦@RobGMacfarlane⁩ ⁦@katebrownMIT⁩ ⁦@willisjjenkins⁩ ⁦@KateElizRigby⁩ ⁦@JedediahSPurdy
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We breathe together. Please enjoy our recording of the Iris Book Award and discussion between David George Haskell, Kocku von Stuckrad, and David Abram, moderated by Lisa Sideris. @HLuceFdn @DGHaskell @KvStuckrad @CounterpointBer @lhsideris @iubloomington crh.indiana.edu/news-events/…
“Every step I take in pandemic is a step during trauma, just as every step I took before this pandemic was a step in a society founded on trauma.” from Mantra: These are Trauma Days buff.ly/2AaYFCh in @CounterpointBer
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Join us Friday at 7:30 AM EST for "In the Midst of a Global Pandemic: A conversation about Dependency, Interconnectedness, and Planetarity" with @wolfsonian, @FIUSpirituality @FIU_Religion, & @CounterpointBer. Register: bit.ly/2WRQnXx
My newest article was published in @CounterpointBer today. It looks at how the impossible suddenly became possible during the Covid-19 pandemic, and what we can do to secure a better future for all. You can read it… instagram.com/p/B_joHDWp_pr/…
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Today, on #EarthDay50, we are incredibly excited to be launching a blog to accompany the @EcolCitizen Journal. The blog is titled #EarthTongues and the first three pieces so far can be read here: blog.ecologicalcitizen.net/. Please help us by sharing this news #EarthDay #EarthDay2020
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Online conversation on "Rethinking Personhood Beyond the Human". Open for everyone and no fees. The panel features scholars of Religious Studies and artists, followed by an open discussion
"Rethinking Personhood Beyond the Human": An Online Counterpoint Conversation on #EarthDay2020. Join us for this special event, featuring David Abram, Teya Brooks Pribac, Whitney A. Bauman, and @KvStuckrad! counterpointknowledge.org/re…
A $4.8 million gift from the Horizon Foundation of Dallas will help establish the University of Oklahoma as the premier center for Native American research and teaching. ou.edu/web/news_events/artic…
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"The only rational commitment to adopt in an interconnected world is a commitment to work for the welfare of all beings, not just some."
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"We distance because we cherish all those to whom we are bound." ... good stuff!
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"Anything that focuses us on (re)attuning to the bodies that we affect and are affected by on a daily basis becomes part of one’s religious practice. Those moments...are all moments that require us to attune to the worlds...in new ways" counterpointknowledge.org/cp… v @CounterpointBer
2020 National Tribal and Indigenous Climate Conference
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Interesting series of climate-focused workshops that may interest our members. Reality Changes Everything: Active Hope Workshops. Running Feb 9 - March 15, and led by Sarah Nahar, Carole Resnick and Cindy Squillace. issrnc.org/2020/02/11/active…