Academics

Colin Weaver

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Lecturer in Religion

Religion

Education
PhD, Relgious Ethics (expected 2023)   University of Chicago
MA, Divinity, 2017   University of Chicago
BA, Studio Art, with distinction, Religious Studies, 2010   St. Olaf College

Research Interests
  • Moral Theory
  • Religion and Ethics
  • Intersectionality and Environmental Justice
  • Environmental/Climate Ethics
  • Religion and Ecology
  • Political Polarization
  • Philosophy of Religion
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Philosophy of Cora Diamond
  • Philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein
Previous Appointments
  • Lecturer in Religion, Lake Forest College, “Religious Perspectives on the Environment,” Spring 2021
  • Teaching Assistant, University of Chicago Divinity School, “Environmental Justice in Chicago,” Primary Instructor: Sarah E. Fredericks, Fall 2020
  • Research Assistant, University of Chicago Divinity School, Sarah E. Fredericks; April 2016-August 2019
Presentations and Guest Lectureships
    • “Eco-conversion and Polarization in the Age of Climate Catastrophe,” Paper accepted to the American Academy of Religion 2022 Annual Meeting, Religion and Ecology Group, November 19-22, 2022

     

    • “Response to ‘Perspectival Objectivity: In Defense of the "Affective Turn" in Epistemology’ by Blaize Gervais,” Respondent, Affect and Emotions Workshop, University of Chicago, March 7, 2022

     

    • “Roundtable on Religion and Climate Change,” Panelist, Panel hosted by Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life, Columbia University, June 3-4, 2021

     

    • “Our Lives with the Nonhuman and the Desire for an Environmental Morality” Paper presented at the Ethics and Theology Workshop, University of Chicago Divinity School, February 28, 2020

     

    • “Thomas Kuhn 101,” Lecture presented at the Divinity School 101 Series, University of Chicago, December 3, 2019

     

    • “Introduction to Environmental Ethics,” Guest Lecturer, University of Chicago Divinity School; Primary Instructor: Sarah E. Fredericks; January 9, February 13, March 13, 2019