Topic: Regenerative Agriculture: Far Superior to Industrial Ag

Presenter(s): Carol Frances Johnston

Carol Frances Johnston, Associate Professor Emerita of Theology and Culture, taught environmental theology and ethics at Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, for 29 years. She has worked for eco-justice for over thirty years, including serving on the original Eco-justice Task Force of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and locally on the board of Growing Places Indy. She is also a Research Fellow of the Institute for Postmodern Development of China. Most recently she served as an advisor for the documentary, “Courage, Brains, and Muscle: Indiana’s Environmental Champions.”

Johnston will be augmenting a presentation she made in September, 2020 at the World Rural Revitalization Conference in Shanxi, China. She is the author of the booklet, “And the Leaves of the Tree are for the Healing of the Nations: Biblical and Theological Foundations for Ecojustice” (available here), and of The Wealth or Health of Nations: Transforming Capitalism From Within, which was recently published in Chinese. She has taught adult-education courses in a wide variety of churches and lectured as far afield as Singapore on issues of economics and environment, including Whitehead and economics, justice, the Bible and nature, and the public roles of churches.

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