Christianity and Ecology

Developing a Culture for Caring for Creation

Join us as Father Terrence P. Ehrman, C.S.C. kicks off Saint Mary's College Earth Week!

His virtual keynote speech will focus on the intersectionality between faith and the commitment to the environment.

Father Terrence P. Ehrman, C.S.C. has a passion for investigating the relationship between theology and science, particularly the life sciences of ecology and evolution. His interests include understanding who God is as Creator, who we are as creatures, and what our relationship is to God, ourselves, and the natural world. At Notre Dame, he teaches courses in the theology department entitled Science, Theology, and Creation and Theology and Ecology. From 2016-19, Father Ehrman was the assistant director of the Center for Theology, Science, and Human Flourishing at Notre Dame. He has a B.S. in biology and M.Div. from Notre Dame, M.S. in aquatic ecology from Virginia Tech, and a Ph.D. in systematic theology from The Catholic University of America. He is originally from Baltimore, Maryland and was ordained a Holy Cross priest in 2000.