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...Tucker said the conferences' goal is to explore the ways in which different world religions conceive of environmental ethics, and how their existing mores might be interpreted to protect the ecosystem...
...study, directed by Bucknell University Professors of Religion Mary Evelyn Tucker and husband John Grim under the aegis of the Harvard Center for the Study of World Religions, is the culmination of a series of conferences which began in 1996, Tucker said. The last conference will be held in September before the October 20 presentation...
...Tucker said there is a wide range in environmental perceptions across these faiths--from the "deep ecology" of Jainism to the utilitarian outlooks of Western religions--but that religions beliefs can be adaptable to evolving attitudes about the environment...
...Tucker said looking to existing beliefs in this way--"exploring resources within the tradition"--are one crucial way to help clarify the relationship between religions and the environment...
Paraphrasing Thomas Berry, who she cited as an intellectual inspiration for the series, Tucker said "religions have developed moral codes for suicide and homicide but not biocide or geocide...