Rebecca Gould: Religion and the Environment
Rebecca Gould
Associate Professor of Religion
on leave academic year
Phone: 802.443.2548
Email: rgould@middlebury.edu
Topics she can discuss include: - eco-theology
- religion-based environmental activism
- eco-Judaism
Rebecca Gould is an associate professor of religion and environmental studies at Middlebury College. She joined the faculty in 1998 and teaches courses on religion and ecology, nature's meanings in American culture, simplicity movements, and American religious history.
Her current research involves religion and the environment, from eco-theology to studies of contemporary, religiously-based environmental activism among Protestants, Catholics and Jews, with a particular emphasis on eco-Judaism.
Recent publications include "At Home in Nature," about the spiritual dimensions of both modern and 19th century back-to-the land movements. She is also on the board of two national movements, Tack Back Your Time and The Simplicity Forum. She has done interviews with the Washington Post, E-Magazine and Vermont Public Radio. She is currently working on a film titled "Heaven on Earth," about the connections people experience between their spiritual lives and their commitment to environmental action.
Gould graduated from Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges, and Emmanuel College at Cambridge University. She received her master's degree from Emory University and an additional Masters degree and doctorate from Harvard University.
