{"id":2792,"date":"2008-03-03T23:45:35","date_gmt":"2008-03-04T05:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/2008\/03\/03\/spanish-feminist-literary-criticism-and-religious-environmentalism-a-green-lent-update\/"},"modified":"2008-03-03T23:45:35","modified_gmt":"2008-03-04T05:45:35","slug":"spanish-literature-and-religious-environmentalism-a-green-lent-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/spanish-literature-and-religious-environmentalism-a-green-lent-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Literature and Religious Environmentalism: A Green Lent Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/03\/sorjuana.jpg\" alt=\"Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz\" align=\"left\" \/>A barefoot woman learns the language of the local indigenous tribe, and cultivates her own spirituality based on their deep spiritual connection to the Earth.  This woman was a highly educated Mexican nun and playwright who lived during the 17th century.<\/p>\n<p>The Boston Globe published <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/lifestyle\/green\/articles\/2008\/03\/03\/going_green_for_lent\/\">an article<\/a> today about Nina M. Scott, a retired University of Massachusetts Amherst professor of Spanish Literature.  Instead of chocolate, Scott has chosen to give up carbon this Lent.  She is doing a few extra things to reduce her carbon footprint, such as hanging her clothes up instead of using a drier and carpooling to use less fuel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For me it&#8217;s that connection between protecting nature and faith,&#8221; she says. She and a dozen of her friends at Grace Episcopal Church in Amherst first got the idea when they heard about two Church of England bishops who encouraged parishioners to go on a low carbon diet for Lent. (Check out my article, <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/02\/18\/what-does-lent-have-to-do-with-sharpening-green-habits\/\">&#8220;What Does Lent Have to Do With Sharpening Green Habits?&#8221;<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Globe<\/em> article also mentioned this past weekend&#8217;s Yale Divinity School&#8217;s conference &#8220;Renewing Hope: Pathways to Religious Environmentalism.&#8221;  This is the conference that screened the film  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.renewalproject.net\">Renewal<\/a>, which I <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/02\/21\/saving-more-than-souls-religious-groups-seek-renewal-for-the-environment\/\">wrote about last week<\/a>.  The <em>Globe<\/em> pointed out the conference to illustrate the movement that is taking place, that religions are becoming enlightened to their environmental responsibilities.<!--more--> Sure, the religious environmentalism movement is picking up speed, but it&#8217;s certainly not new.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregenerationproject.org\">Interfaith Power &amp; Light<\/a>, which is featured in <em>Renewal<\/em>, founded by the Rev. (now Canon) Sally Bingham, Environmental Minister at San Francisco&#8217;s Grace Cathedral, has been around for over a decade.<\/p>\n<p>The spiritual wisdom that human beings and nature are intimately connected goes back to the beginning of civilization.  Sor Juana In\u00e9s de la Cruz, a Mexican intellectual and playwright, one of Nina M. Scott&#8217;s academic specialties and no doubt influences, was a Mexican nun in the 1600s who caused a big stir in Mexico for writing plays criticizing colonialism. She was a member of a group of nuns called Discalced Carmelites, known for being barefoot.<\/p>\n<p>When she challenged the excessive mining for ore and military conquest in the name of God, she was punished by her superiors. Sor Juana&#8217;s spirit lives on, not just in feminist literary criticism, but in a religious organization called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sisterfarm.org\/home2.html\">Santuario Sisterfarm<\/a>, in my neighborhood (the Central Texas Hill Country).  The Sisterfarm calls their mission an &#8220;eco-ethno-spiritual quest,&#8221; empowering latinas to go deep into their ancestral connection to the land.  They practice organic farming and seed storage of non-genetically modified seeds in an ethic of &#8220;Earth Care, People Care, and Fair Share.&#8221;  They also run a publishing house called Sor Juana Press.<\/p>\n<p>The term &#8220;religious environmentalism&#8221; may be new, but the spiritual wisdom is old.  Religious environmentalism is uncovering these ancient traditions, and it&#8217;s good to see it getting more press these days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A barefoot woman learns the language of the local indigenous tribe, and cultivates her own spirituality based on their deep spiritual connection to the Earth. 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