Description
In cooperation with Gettysburg Seminary, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary will be offering the following summer immersion course:
Environment & Religion in Northern Appalachia (3 credit hours): June 12-17 at Lutherlyn (located north of Pittsburgh) plus online work before and after immersion. Northern Appalachia is home to deeply-rooted local cultures in a beautiful landscape. Conflicts defined by environmental and economic issues are fierce for both communities and churches. This seminar will give students an inside look and an opportunity to strategize for dealing with conflict in and around ministry. The environmental history of the landscape?s use and abuse, effects in everyday life, and tightly held religious traditions will be topics while the class visits key sites and talks with religious, environmental and community leaders in the region.
There is extensive hiking, outdoor conditions, rustic lodging and road travel in vans. This course will fulfill elective credits for the