Elizabeth Roy - End of the Semester

Since we’re at the end of the semester, in between the drum circle and now I’ve been thinking about why I was in the course, and whether I got out of it what I wanted. I think I chose this course for two main reasons: firstly, I wanted to take a religions course this semester that presented me with new ideas. I had definitely never thought about the intersection of religion and ecology. If that translates into my goal for the class being to learn new ideas and concepts, then I definitely achieved that. A lot of ideas we discussed, particularly from The Tender Carnivore, were completely new to me. I don’t agree with all of them, but they were all interesting. Secondly, I actually really wanted to take a class with Dr. Redick, since I took my admissions day ‘class’ with him and hadn’t been able to take a course with him since then. I’m glad I did – he’s definitely a different style of teacher, but he has a lot of interesting experiences to share. Overall, I suppose I’d say that the class has been a success for me. I definitely look at both religion and ecology different, and have formed some opinions on the issues where the two intersect. Not only that, but I'm interested in actually learning more.