Anna M. Gade

Online Essays & Conversations

Roundtable on "Nature and Normativity"
Online  essay discussion of Gade's book Muslim Environmentalisms and two other recent works. 
For The Immanent Frame (Social Science Research Council, SSRC)
Esssay 1: Scales of Justice for Environmental Ethics
Essay 2: Let's Talk about The Environment (Not Nature)
Response essays posted by scholars, Elizabeth Hennessy and James Hoesterey


Landscapes of Prayer: Islam, The Environment, and Java
Four-part online essay by Gade on changing landscapes of Muslim religious practice: after disaster on the slopes of the Javanese volcano, Mt. Merapi, and the introduction of new forms of "environmental" prayer in West Java and elsewhere. 
For Reverberations, website of the project, New Directions for the Study of Prayer (Social Science Research Council, SSRC)
Response essays posted by scholars, Marion Holmes Katz, Paul R. Powers, and Amanda Baugh


A Response to Robert Orsi
Online essay on a roundtable theme of ethnography and religion, "Engaging Religious Experience: A Return to Ethnography and Theology," a response to Robert Orsi, "Doing Religious Studies With Your Whole Body"
For Practical Matters, online transdisciplinary multimedia journal of religious practices and practical theology, Emory University


Managing the Rights of Nature for Te Awa Tupua
Online essay on the Whanganui River Treaty Claims Settlement in Aotearoa New Zealand
For Edge Effects,  community blog project of the Center for Culture, History and Environment (CHE), Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison


Muslims Stand Up for Environmental Justice: A Conversation with Huda AlKaff
Podcast with transcript of interview for Edge Effects,  community blog project of the Center for Culture, History and Environment (CHE), Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison


Praying for Forgiveness: Religious Ethics of Sustainability in Muslim Indonesia
Online essay on Islamic religious practice and environmental ethics on Java, Indonesia
For Edge Effects,  community blog project of the Center for Culture, History and Environment (CHE), Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison

* working link to Haddad Alwi's "Al-I'tiraf" for this post is here


Hearing the Recited Qur'an in Indonesia
Blog post on expert performance of the recited Qur'an in Indonesia.  For Inside Islam: Dialogue and Debates
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