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Speakers

2019 Conference Speakers

We are delighted to have the following renowned speakers join us at this year’s Religion, Science and Ecology Conference.

Meet the Speakers

The Rev. Dr. James Antal

Special Advisor on Climate Justice to UCC General Minister and President
Author, Climate Church, Climate World
Retired Mass. Conference UCC Minister & President
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Rev. Lee Bluemel

Minister, The North Parish of North Andover,
Unitarian Universalist faith

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Dr. Roger Gottlieb

Professor of Philosophy, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Author and editor

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Prof. Gina McCarthy

Former EPA Administrator
Director of the Center for Climate Health and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE)
Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Dr. Richard Miller

Director of the M.A. in Theology
Professor of Philosophical and Systematic Theology
Professor of Sustainability Studies
Creighton University
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