Dissertation: an Ethics of Consumption: Christianity, Economy, and Ecology

Laura M. Hartman

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Curriculum Vitae

L a u r a M a r i e H a r t m a n

Environmental Studies Program
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University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
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EDUCATION

M.A. & Ph.D., Religious Studies, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (May, 2008)

Dissertation: “An Ethics of Consumption: Christianity, Economy, and Ecology.”

B.A., Religious Studies (summa cum laude), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (2001)

Area certificate, Environmental Studies; Minor, French.

Publications

Books

Flourishing: Comparative Religious Environmental Ethics. (Editor). Oxford University Press. (Under Contract.)

The Christian Consumer: Living Faithfully in a Fragile World. Oxford University Press, November, 2011.

It has been reviewed in: Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics; Theology; Anglican Theological Review; Religious Studies Review; Studies in Christian Ethics;and Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology.

Peer-Reviewed Articles

“Wrestling With Wickedness: A Response.” Special issue of Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology about “wicked problems.” (forthcoming).

“Environmental Modesty: Recovering an Ancient Virtue to Address Contemporary Problems.” Journal of Religious Ethics 43:3 (September 2015) 475-492.

“Streets to Live In: Justice, Space, and Sharing the Road,” co-authored with David Prytherch of Miami University (Ohio). Environmental Ethics 37:1 (Spring 2015): 21-44.

“Sabbath-Keeping as an Environmental Practice.” Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology 15.1 (March 2011).

“Consuming Christ: The Role of Jesus in Christian Food Ethics.” Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 30.1 (Spring/Summer 2010).

Under Review

“Climate Engineering and the Playing God Argument,” Carnegie Journal of Ethics and International Affairs.

Book Chapters

“Consumption.” Willis Jenkins, Mary Evelyn Tucker, and John Grim, eds. Routledge Handbook of Religion and Ecology. (2016)

“Healing the Climate? Christian Ethics and Medical Models for Climate Geoengineering.” Forrest Clingerman and Kevin O’Brien, eds. Calming the Storm: Theological and Ethical Perspectives on Climate Engineering, Lexington Books (2016).

“Chapter 11: Economics” in Grounding Religion, Re-Thinking Nature: A Field Guide to the Study of Religion and Ecology, edited by Whitney Bauman, Richard Bohannon, and Kevin O’Brien, published by Routledge (2010).

Encyclopedia of Sustainability: The Spirit of Sustainability, Berkshire Publishing Group, 2009. Articles: “Creation Spirituality,” “Council of All Beings,” and “Property and Possessions.”

Invited Publications

“Thinking Well in a Desperate Situation: Pride, Sloth, and Metaphors.” Washington Geoengineering Consortium blog, July 2014.

“Seeking Food Justice.” Interpretation, vol. 67, Issue 4, October 2013. 396-409.

“Consumption, Ethics, and the Environment: A Lutheran Perspective.” Journal of Lutheran Ethics, March/April 2013. Online.

Guest Editor, Journal of Scriptural Reasoning. Special issue on “Immigration and Sacred Land.” Wrote introductory essay; chose and edited papers for inclusion. Volume 10, number 1, August 2011. Online.

teaching experience

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University of Wisconsin Oshkosh:

Assistant Professor, Fall 2015-present

Courses: Environmental Humanities (Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016)

Climate Justice (Fall 2015)

Introduction to Sustainability (Spring 2016, Fall 2016)

Gender and Nature (Spring 2016)

Animal Ethics (Fall 2016)

Augustana College, Rock Island, IL:

Associate Professor, Fall 2014-Spring 2015

Assistant Professor, Fall 2008-Spring 2014

Commonly taught: Medical Ethics, Sexual Ethics, Christian Ethics, Environmental Ethics

Occasionally taught: Prayer, Community, and Transformation, Feminist Ethics directed study, Intro to the Study of Religion, Honors

Augustana Summer Academy, “Life and Death, Right and Wrong: The Big Questions” (Summer enrichment for high school students), June 2012, June 2013, June 2014.

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA:

Instructor, Co-Instructor, and Teaching Assistant 2006-2008

Classes taught: Women and Religion; Religion Ethics and Globalization; History of Christian Ethics; Theology, Ethics, and Health Care; Religious Ethics and Moral Problems; and Environmental Choices.

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Professional Memberships

International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture, 2015-present.

Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences, 2014-present.

International Association for Environmental Philosophy, 2014-present.

Society of Christian Ethics, 2006-present.

Advisory Board to the Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, 2011-2013.

American Academy of Religion, 2003-present.

University of Virginia’s Student Liaison, 2005-2007.

service

At University of Wisconsin Oshkosh:

Member of the Women’s and Gender Studies steering committee, 2016-present
Advisor for Student Environmental Action Coalition, 2015-present
Coordinator for the Free School, a day of free classes on sustainability and related topics; 150 people attended in 2016.
Member of the Social Justice Minor steering committee, 2015-present
Member of IDEA (Interfaith Dialogue and Education Alliance), 2015-present

At Augustana College:

Co-director, Ethics Minor, 2012-2015
Upper Mississippi Studies Center Advisory Board, 2013-2015
Environmental Studies Advisory Board, 2013-2015
Women’s and Gender Studies Advisory Board, 2009-2015
Campus Sustainability Committee, 2012-2014
Micah House project committee member, 2010-2014
Involves overseeing building renovation, interviewing and selecting residents, planning and executing programming for residents, and teaching RELG 364-SL, a course affiliated with the Micah House project
Student Research Committee, 2012-2013
Honors Committee, 2010-2011
Women’s and Gender Studies Working Board, 2011-2013
Faculty Senate, 2009-2010, 2011-2014
Advisor for Global Affect (environmental student group), 2011-2015
Advisor for Local Culture House (environmental house), 2013-2015
Advisor for The Salon (student discussion group), 2011-2014

reviews

Completed scholarly peer reviews for: Cambridge University Press, Bloomsbury Academic, Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, and International Journal of Sustainable Transportation.

Review of An Introduction to Christian Environmentalism by Kathryn Blanchard and Kevin O’Brien, in Journal of Lutheran Ethics, January 2016.

Review of Walking God’s Earth: The Environment and Catholic Faith by David Cloutier, in Biblical Theology Bulletin, 46.3 (2016), 157-158.

Review of Ecologies of Human Flourishing edited by Donald Swearer and Susan McGarry, in Worldviews: Environment, Culture, Religion, forthcoming.

Review of Approaching the End: Eschatological Reflections on Church, Politics, and Life and Without Apology: Sermons for Christ’s Church by Stanley Hauerwas, in Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, 35 no. 2 Fall-Win 2015 215-217.

Review of God’s Good World: Reclaiming the Doctrine of Creation by Jonathan R. Wilson, in Biblical Theology Bulletin, 45:2 (2015), 124-125.

Review of Theology that Matters by Darby Kathleen Ray and Environmental Stewardship by R.J. Berry, in Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 29 no 1, Spr-Sum 2009.

Review of Living the Sabbath: Discovering the Rhythms of Rest and Delight by Norman Wirzba, in Biblical Theology Bulletin, vol. 38:2 (2008) 89-90.

Review of A Moral Climate: the Ethics of Global Warming by Michael Northcott, in Biblical Theology Bulletin, vol. 38:2 (2008) 87-88.

Review of Evening Thoughts: Reflecting on Earth as Sacred Community by Thomas Berry, in Worldviews: Environment, Culture, Religion,vol. 11, 2007: 357-359.

Review of Justice in a Global Economy: Strategies for Home, Community, and World edited by Pamela K. Brubaker, Rebecca Todd Peters, and Laura A. Stivers, in Anglican Theological Review, vol. 89 no. 1 (winter, 2007): 117-118.

scholarly Presentations

“Playing God and Geoengineering,” Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences, Washington, DC, June 2016.

“Healing the Climate? Christian Ethics and Medical Models for Climate Geoengineering,” Pando Populus Conference of Process Theology and Ecological Civilization, Claremont, CA, June 2015.

“Technology, Narratives, and Environmental Ethics,” Nelson Institute Earth Day Conference, University of Wisconsin-Madison, April 2015.

“Slow Food, Slow Church: Eco-Gastronomy as Ecclesiology,” Comparative Religious Ethics Group and Religion and Food Group of the American Academy of Religion, San Diego, 2014.

“Mobility as a Human Right and an Environmental Threat,” International Association for Environmental Philosophy, New Orleans, October 2014.

“Ethics and Climate Geoengineering: Philosophical Approaches to Evaluating Technology,” Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences, Pace University, New York, June 2014.

“Modesty Matters: How an Ancient Virtue’s Lessons Help Us Get Along With Each Other & With Our Planet,” Curran Center for Catholic Studies, Fordham University, Bronx, NY, November 2012.

“Modesty Matters: A Seminar,” Department of Religious Studies, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, November 2012.

“Transportation Ethics: What Do Right-and-Wrong Have to Do With Point-A-to-Point-B?” National Transportation Research Center, Knoxville, TN, February, 2012.

“The Christian Consumer.” Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, February 2012.

“A Proposal for Modesty.” Society of Christian Ethics, Washington, DC, January 2012.

“Forum on Religion and Ecology” and “Economics.” Inherited Land: the Changing Ground of Religion and Ecology, Miami, FL, February 2009. Meeting of scholars to discuss the field of religion and ecology, with the intention of producing two books (one textbook, Grounding Religion, and one scholarly book, Inherited Land). Organizers: Whitney Baumann, Rick Bohannon, Kevin O’Brien.

“Consuming Christ: The Role of Jesus in Christian Food Ethics.” Society of Christian Ethics, Chicago, IL, January 2009.

“Let Them Eat Cake: Food Pricing and Christian Ethics” with Religion and Social Sciences group, American Academy of Religion meeting, San Diego, CA, November 2007.

“Sabbath-Keeping as Spiritual and Environmental Practice” in joint session with Religion and Ecology and Christian Spirituality groups, American Academy of Religion meeting, San Diego, CA, November 2007.

“An Ethics of Consumption.” Presentation at meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Dallas, TX, January 2007.

“’A Cup of Justice’: What Does Fair Trade Coffee Mean for Consumers and Distant Others?” Presentation at Graduate Research Exhibition, University of Virginia, March 28, 2006.

“Environmental Justice and Health Care Justice” in Environment and Philosophy affinity group at American Society for Bioethics and the Humanities meeting, Philadelphia, PA, October 2004.

“Christian Ecofeminism and the Challenge of Epistemology” in panel on “Ecocriticism: Epistemologies and Ethics.” Truths, Lies, and Representations Conference. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, April 2003.

“A Place in Nature for Humanity and for God: The Philosophy of Daniel Quinn and the Theology of Matthew Fox” at Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment, Kalamazoo, MI, June 1999.