Rabbi Rachel Mivka\u2019s finale to this wonderful event sounded like it could be depressing and undermine our enthusiasm, given that it asked bluntly what the point of exploring vocation is when the world is going to end. She teaches \u201cLiving into our Commitments and Enacting Social Change,\u201d and observed that no matter where she puts the climate crisis in the syllabus, it triggers despair. Before that they are fiery activists. A clip from the TV show<\/a>\u00a0The Newsroom\u00a0<\/em>conveys the data<\/a> and the reason for this reaction.<\/div>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>We seem to already be doomed, with it too late to reverse what is happening. If so, then what is the value of working on these things?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This phenomenon has led to the development of a new term: \u201csolastalgia\u201d (Glenn Albrecht, 2005). Some speak of \u201cfutilitarianism.\u201d It can also be called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climateandmind.org\/what-is-climate-grief\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">climate depression, ecological grief, or similar things<\/a>. These terms denote mental or existential distress caused by climate change. Mikva mentioned the acronym\u00a0TEOTWAWKI as well. Students get their news from John Oliver, and he provides this attempt at \u201ca statistically representative climate change debate.\u201d<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cjuGCJJUGsg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>The prospect of future doom impacts how we discuss vocation. Here are her recommendations:<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>Cultivate resources for and reservoirs of hope. Social scientists have shown overwhelming fear distances people from a problem leading to disengagement, giving up. Repentance, prayer, and charity (righteousness) transform the evil of the decree (from High Holy Day liturgy).\u00a0Later in her talk she quoted Yoda in the Empire Strikes Back, saying that hope and focusing on more than our own selves is essential to making a difference in the anthropocene).<\/li>\n<li>When you are starving with a tiger, the tiger starves last (quote from Pogo the Possum). We need to focus on cultivating what kind of people students will be. Some prepper sites acknowledge we cannot make it alone, but still focus on the individual. Those who study the impact of catastrophe know that we will depend on each other in ways we can hardly imagine. We need to focus on vocation in terms of <em>us<\/em> and not just me. Resilience and meaning-making are critical. Denial doesn\u2019t help children cope, posing the problem as something to be solved in the long term doesn\u2019t either; what does help is a combination of problem-solving and meaning-making. Relinquishing is also a key skill. We need to challenge an overly anthropocentric focus. She also quoted from the Tanna of bei Eliahu and Joseph ibn Kaspi on Deuteronomy.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div>Isaiah called people to change their ways in response to approaching catastrophe. The nation chose door B, eat and drink and deny. Mikva quoted Plenty Coups, Alaxchiia Ahu, 1848-1932, Chief of the Crow: \u201cThe hearts of my people fell to the ground\u2026after this, nothing happened.\u201d She also shared that when a Catholic she knows insisted that even if the science is true, God has a plan, she quoted Laudato Si and Thessalonians back at them. She spoke to us about\u00a0Revelation as \u201cthe inescapable sourcebook for Western anxieties about the end of the world.\u201d The Republicans created national parks and the endangered species act and can be reminded of this.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>65-85% of Muslims believe the Mahdi will come in their lifetime. It is not just Evangelical Christians who think about eschatology. Every religion can be understood in a way that leads to complacency, and all offer resources for activism. Religious studies classrooms provide a perfect place to think about vocation in relation to these topics.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drjenniferatkinson.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dr. Jennifer Atkinson<\/a> offers a class \u201cEnvironmental Grief and Climate Anxiety.\u201d There was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/education\/feeling-it-uw-bothell-class-helps-students-face-emotional-impact-of-a-warming-planet\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Seattle Times<\/em> article<\/a> about it. She responded in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hcn.org\/articles\/opinion-addressing-climate-grief-makes-you-a-badass-not-a-snowflake\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>High Country News<\/em><\/a> to comments ridiculing the course, with the headline \u201cAddressing climate grief makes you a badass, not a snowflake.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Mikva also directed our attention to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodgriefnetwork.org\/10-steps\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Good Grief Network<\/a>. She quoted\u00a0Anne Lamotte who said that almost everything will work again if we unplug it for a little, including ourselves.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\u201cAlmost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes. That includes\u00a0you.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ted.com\/12-things-i-know-for-sure-anne-lamott-at-ted2017\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Anne Lamotte<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Some have been asking whether a college education is worth it in this context. This provides an opportunity to make a point that many of us in higher education have been making all along: the purpose of education only makes sense if it is considered in a broader context tha career preparation. Focusing on this topic is not about sending all our students into climate science. As\u00a0Thoreau said, \u201cIf you would learn the secrets of Nature, you must practice more humanity.\u201d One can teach a course on \u201cVocation and The Apocalypse\u201d that has McCarthy\u2019s <em>The Road<\/em> as a central text.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>One can sum up this wonderfully helpful presentation in this way: Vocation matters now more than ever. Our task as educators is to figure out the ways in which it matters, but more importantly, to teach courses that allow students to figure that out for themselves.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Just a few notes on the Q&A after the presentation.<\/div>\n<div>As a pedagogical practice, it may be worth asking students to conclude with something that gives them hope.<\/div>\n<div>I found myself thinking about developing a course about sacred and secular visions of the end of the world.<\/div>\n<div>A key point is that it is a problem when we focus on a topic (including a crisis) at too large or too small a scale. We need to find and organize things around our human scale of activity.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Here are some linksto other things that relate to this post and this workshop\u2019s theme:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/craftofteachingreligion.wordpress.com\/2020\/04\/26\/the-pedagogical-refinement-of-covid-19\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The pedagogical refinement of Covid-19<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/ncse.ngo\/rncse-review-communicating-climate-change-guide-educators\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">NCSE reviewed a book for educators<\/a> that is relevant to this last point, talked about <a href=\"https:\/\/ncse.ngo\/hope-face-climate-anxiety\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">hope in the face of climate anxiety<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/ncse.ngo\/public-opinion-climate-change-holds-steady-despite-pandemic\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">shared statistics about the way public opinion has remained steady on the topic<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/event\/religion-and-foreign-policy-webinar-religion-and-climate-change?utm_source=religionbulletin\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Council for Foreign Relations webinar on religion and climate change<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From Butler University\u2019s Center for Faith and Vocation:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/cfv\/2019\/12\/20\/discovering-vocation\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Discovering Vocation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/cfv\/2019\/12\/18\/just-peace-internshiphelping-to-make-a-better-world\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Just Peace Internship<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/cfv\/2019\/12\/19\/what-will-you-do-with-your-second-chance\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">What Will You Do With Your Second Chance?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thebaffler.com\/salvos\/were-not-in-this-together-chaudhary\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">We\u2019re not all in this together<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Somewhat relevant to religious literacy:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"zfCV8fuhtr\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/claudemariottini.com\/2019\/11\/09\/the-old-testament-in-the-news-5\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Old Testament in the\u00a0News<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cThe Old Testament in the\u00a0News\u201d \u2014 Dr. Claude Mariottini - Professor of Old Testament\" src=\"https:\/\/claudemariottini.com\/2019\/11\/09\/the-old-testament-in-the-news-5\/embed\/#?secret=os47pxRQKG#?secret=zfCV8fuhtr\" data-secret=\"zfCV8fuhtr\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On climate change and despair from a religious perspective: <a href=\"https:\/\/sojo.net\/articles\/climate-justice-starts-locally\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cClimate Justice Starts Locally.\u201d<\/a><br>\nSee also:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"BbAYEdv43A\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/anxiousbench\/2020\/03\/pale-horse-pale-rider\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Pale Horse, Pale Rider<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cPale Horse, Pale Rider\u201d \u2014 Anxious Bench\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/anxiousbench\/2020\/03\/pale-horse-pale-rider\/embed\/#?secret=FbBRwTIfdZ#?secret=BbAYEdv43A\" data-secret=\"BbAYEdv43A\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/thewayofimprovement.com\/2020\/03\/11\/does-end-time-apathy-explain-the-why-so-many-evangelicals-dont-care-about-the-environment\/<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"nONAlb2EID\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/vocationmatters.org\/2020\/04\/02\/vocation-matters-in-this-time-of-pandemic\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Vocation matters in this time of pandemic<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cVocation matters in this time of pandemic\u201d \u2014 vocation matters\" src=\"https:\/\/vocationmatters.org\/2020\/04\/02\/vocation-matters-in-this-time-of-pandemic\/embed\/#?secret=SHKa1zQoOR#?secret=nONAlb2EID\" data-secret=\"nONAlb2EID\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"WOSPv5i0yD\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/vocationmatters.org\/2020\/04\/21\/vocational-discernment-is-not-a-luxury\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Vocational Discernment Is Not a Luxury<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cVocational Discernment Is Not a Luxury\u201d \u2014 vocation matters\" src=\"https:\/\/vocationmatters.org\/2020\/04\/21\/vocational-discernment-is-not-a-luxury\/embed\/#?secret=eK2LNv3npQ#?secret=WOSPv5i0yD\" data-secret=\"WOSPv5i0yD\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"f5l1yZ0iCW\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/vocationmatters.org\/2020\/04\/23\/grief-as-the-garden-of-compassion\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Grief as the Garden of Compassion<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cGrief as the Garden of Compassion\u201d \u2014 vocation matters\" src=\"https:\/\/vocationmatters.org\/2020\/04\/23\/grief-as-the-garden-of-compassion\/embed\/#?secret=KdkEINJfcm#?secret=f5l1yZ0iCW\" data-secret=\"f5l1yZ0iCW\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"W1pYhtQbC9\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/vocationmatters.org\/2020\/03\/26\/character-and-calling-in-a-time-of-crisis\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Character and calling in a time of crisis<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cCharacter and calling in a time of crisis\u201d \u2014 vocation matters\" src=\"https:\/\/vocationmatters.org\/2020\/03\/26\/character-and-calling-in-a-time-of-crisis\/embed\/#?secret=GO9HJHtEs3#?secret=W1pYhtQbC9\" data-secret=\"W1pYhtQbC9\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"P2RFmIKivB\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/vocationmatters.org\/2020\/05\/21\/design-thinking-for-vocation\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Design Thinking and Vocational Exploration<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cDesign Thinking and Vocational Exploration\u201d \u2014 vocation matters\" src=\"https:\/\/vocationmatters.org\/2020\/05\/21\/design-thinking-for-vocation\/embed\/#?secret=SsMOE3qyF1#?secret=P2RFmIKivB\" data-secret=\"P2RFmIKivB\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"95b5Aqbgvl\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2020\/04\/is-there-a-limit-to-optimism-when-it-comes-to-climate-change.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Is there a limit to optimism when it comes to climate change?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cIs there a limit to optimism when it comes to climate change?\u201d \u2014 3 Quarks Daily\" src=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2020\/04\/is-there-a-limit-to-optimism-when-it-comes-to-climate-change.html\/embed#?secret=OsjhYqPXt3#?secret=95b5Aqbgvl\" data-secret=\"95b5Aqbgvl\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Pz2TlJMPJF\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/ecopreacher\/2020\/04\/we-need-climate-education-in-schools-high-school-student-speaks-out\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">We Need Climate Education in Schools: A High School Student Speaks Out<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cWe Need Climate Education in Schools: A High School Student Speaks Out\u201d \u2014 EcoPreacher\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/ecopreacher\/2020\/04\/we-need-climate-education-in-schools-high-school-student-speaks-out\/embed\/#?secret=2z5r9mpzzm#?secret=Pz2TlJMPJF\" data-secret=\"Pz2TlJMPJF\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ncse.ngo\/deep-dive-climate-change-education\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Deep dive into climate education courtesy of the NCSE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogos.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk\/2020\/05\/23\/this-will-last-forever-what-the-pandemic-teaches-us-about-living-with-trauma-by-preston-hill\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">What the pandemic teaches us about living with trauma<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related to the plenary talk, there is a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/journal\/religions\/special_issues\/religion_climate\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">call for papers for the journal <em>Religions<\/em> for a special issue on climate change<\/a>\u00a0(there have also been a lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.religiousstudiesproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Coronavirus-Special-CFP_JSRNC.pdf\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">calls for papers on religion and the pandemic<\/a>). There is also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/relcfp.com\/post\/617907105988493312\/call-for-contributions-literature-for-change-how\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a call for papers on how educators can prepare students for a climate-changed world<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/relcfp.com\/post\/614115296775634944\/cfp-strategies-for-teaching-climate-change-in-the\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a call for papers on the climate crisis and first year seminars<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/relcfp.com\/post\/612426010117521408\/cfp-the-climate-of-fatigue-what-comes-after\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a call for papers on the \u201cClimate of Fatigue,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0and another <a href=\"https:\/\/relcfp.com\/post\/614615427938762752\/deadline-extended-chapters-for-coronavirus\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">call for papers on pandemic, global warming, and psychology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rabbi Rachel Mivka\u2019s finale to this wonderful event sounded like it could be depressing and undermine our enthusiasm, given that it asked bluntly what the point of exploring vocation is when the world is going to end. 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