Christian Environmentalism in a Hindu Majoritarian Context
About this episode
The episode explores the engagement of the Catholic Church in India with environmental initiatives amidst a Hindu majoritarian context.
Why has the Catholic Church in India become so engaged in environmental initiatives? And what does the wider Indian political context defined by an assertive Hindu nationalism mean for the ability of church actors to pursue environmental agendas? In this episode, we are joined by Kenneth Bo Nielsen and Nihar Gokhale who have examined these questions in the Indian state of Goa, focusing on church activities and outreach in the domain of sustainable agriculture and agroecology. You can read more about their research on the relationship between Christian environmentalism, agroecology and the rise of Hindu majoritarianism in the edited volume Religion and Ecological Crisis: Responses from Asia, published by Leiden University Press. Kenneth Bo Nielsen is a Social Anthropologist at the University of Oslo in Norway. Nihar Gokhale is a DPhil student in International Development at the Oxford Department of International Development. Mette Halskov Hansen, your host, is a Professor of China Studies at the University of Oslo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/indian-religions
People in this episode
Host: Mette Halskov Hansen
Guests: Kenneth Bo Nielsen, Nihar Gokhale
Topics covered
- Christian environmentalism
- Hindu nationalism
- sustainable agriculture
- agroecology
- India
- Goa
Keywords
- Christian environmentalism
- Hindu nationalism
- sustainable agriculture
- agroecology
- India
- Goa
- Catholic Church
- environmental initiatives
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Catholic Church, Leiden University Press, University of Oslo, Oxford Department of International Development
Places: Goa
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