At the Green Mountain Monastery in northern Vermont, the nuns don’t wear habits - they wear work pants and mud boots. Their chapel is a yurt, and the bread they break is local and organic. Here, the “scriptures of the natural world” are as important as the scriptures of the Catholic tradition: climate change is real, and it is exacting a harsh toll on our sacred community.
Is this a dangerous collision of beliefs, or a new theology for our cultural and ecological moment? An upcoming radio story and audio slideshow may help you decide.
