This network includes scholars working on the conjunctions between religion (and non-religion), spirituality and nature relations in the highly secularized countries of Scandinavia and the Baltics. The aim is to stimulate exchange and generate ideas for long-term cooperation, in the form of new projects, conferences and joint publications. The ongoing climate and biodiversity crisis, together with changes in the social system, requires all parts of civil society to rethink their roles or at least to consider how they might be affected and adapt. Since the crisis evokes existential questions, it urges moral responses, and demands reconsideration of current notions of well-being, the role of religious communities may be crucial. Topics of interest for this network include, but are not limited to, eco-theology within Christian, Islamic, (Neo)pagan and other religious communities, the reconciliation processes between the Nordic state or former state Churches and indigenous communities, like Sami and Inuit populations, the different alignments between religion, nature, lifestyle and national identity, ecological and resilience building practices in local religious communities, the roles of religious communities in wider societal efforts towards ecological sustainability and resilience, ritual practices that incorporate and process climate change and biodiversity loss, diaconal or other spiritual services aimed at helping people cope with climate anxiety and ecological grief.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-6647","project","type-project","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n