89.3 - Robert Emmons on Gratitude in the Face of Climate Change

In this session of the 2022 Integration Symposium, “Engaging Gratitude and Humanity’s Moral Faculties in the Face of Climate Change and Other Global Crises,” Robert Emmons reflects on our capacity for gratitude to the natural world and how gratitude may help combat climate change. In response, Wilmer G. Villacorta meditates on how we have come to objectify others and how gratitude can be a step toward witnessing God’s shalom and justice in creation, and Bethany Ferguson talks about our increasing disconnection to the environment and the need for a humble recognition of our interconnectedness.

Robert Emmons is professor emeritus of psychology at University of California, Davis; Wilmer G. Villacorta is associate professor of intercultural studies; and Bethany Ferguson is a PhD student in the School of Psychology & Marriage and Family Therapy.