“Pope Francis a ‘Franciscan Jesuit’ when it comes to environment”
April 8, 2013, National Catholic Reporter article about Pope Francis’ environmental beliefs.
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“Pope Francis on World Environment Day speaks of food waste, lack of attention to needs of poor”
June 5, 2013, Huffington Post article about Pope Francis’ speech on World Environment Day in which he cited scripture in calling for people to care for the environment and decried the influence of money in the world.
Association for Bahai Studies–North America
The Association for Bahai Studies—North America includes Bahá’í scholars from around the world. It publishes The Journal of Bahá’í Studies and holds an annual conference.
“Does end time belief really cause climate change apathy?”
July 5, 2013, Religion Dispatches essay looking at research which investigates whether belief in a coming religious apocalypse causes believers to care less about protecting the environment.
“Religions seen slow to go green; Pope Francis has chance to inspire”
June 17, 2013, Reuters “FaithWorld” blog post about the historically slow pace of religions to embrace environmentalism and the possible increase in that pace thanks to the impact of religious leaders including Pope Francis.
“Saving the Earth the Hindu way”
July 9, 2013, Trinidad Express Newspapers column about the Hindu response to environmental concerns.
“Religion and the environment”
April 19, 2013, segment from PBS’ Religion & Ethics Newsweekly which discusses the relationship between faith and the environment.
Kenneth Bowers
Kenneth Bowers is secretary-general of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. He is chief administrative officer of the Bahá’í Faith in the U.S. and author of God Speaks Again: An Introduction to the Bahá’í Faith.
Michael Karlberg
Michael Karlberg, associate professor of communications at Western Washington University, is the author of Beyond the Culture of Contest, which includes an examination of the Bahá’í system of governance.