Emma DeVries
267 19th Ave S
Minneapolis,
MN
55455
My research explores the ways theology and religious institutions have shaped modern configurations of race, colonialism, and human-environment relationships. Drawing on political theology, black feminist thought, and political ecology, my project examines the above processes as they play out in contemporary climate politics, attending to religion as a space of contestation and intervention into these systems.
I collaborate on this work with Soil & Souls, an interfaith initiative that draws on Afro-diasporic and indigenous land-based spirituality to anchor climate activism in faith communities of color in the U.S. south. They work to build climate resilience, food sovereignty, and economic security through permaculture sensibilities.
I am a member of the Minnesota Praxis Lab, a working group led by Dr. Kate Derickson which centers the politics of knowledge production in our scholarly inquiry and works towards producing knowledge for social transformation (see link above).
Educational Background
- M.T.S.: Theological Studies, Duke University, 2015
- B.A.: Geography, Environmental Studies, Spanish, Calvin College, 2012
Specialties
- Religion and ecology
- Environmental justice
- Race and racialization
- Feminist geography
- Climate politics
- Political ecology
- Political theology