University of Montana

Presidential Lecture Series 2007-2008

Larry L. Rasmussen

Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics (emeritus)
Union Theological Seminary

(Brennan Guth Memorial Lecture in conjunction with the Environmental Studies Program)

"The Massive Mysticism of Stone: Religion's Ecological Phase"

Thursday, 1 December 2005
8:00 P.M.
University Center Ballroom

A much sought-after speaker on Christian attitudes toward environmental issues, Professor Rasmussen has lectured and given seminars all across the United States.  He is the co-author, with Daniel C. Maguire, of the acclaimed Ethics for a Small Planet:  New Horizons on Population, Consumption, and Ecology (1998).

In addition, Professor Rasmussen will give a Faculty-Student Seminar entitled, "Song of Songs: Environmental Activism by Religious Communities," from 3:40-5:00 PM in Gallagher Business 123.