{"podcast":{"title":"New Books in Environmental Studies","slug":"new-books-in-environmental-studies-580644","podcast_index_feed_id":580644,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LIT4982261480","website_url":"https://newbooksnetwork.com/category/science-technology/environmental-studies/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/fd33bd66-ee6d-11e8-8e3e-93e6ce14a7dc/image/e5dc75adf8cdf02fb639d7831e4bb4a6.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"New Books Network","episode_count":1246,"summary":"This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: ⁠https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/⁠ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/environmental-studies","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T10:18:44.101627+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-environmental-studies-580644"},"episode":{"title":"Christian Environmentalism in a Hindu Majoritarian Context","slug":"christian-environmentalism-in-a-hindu-majoritarian-context","published_at":"2026-06-26T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-environmental-studies-580644/christian-environmentalism-in-a-hindu-majoritarian-context","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-environmental-studies-580644","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK5115896237.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK5115896237.mp3","summary":"Why has the Catholic Church in India become so engaged in environmental initiatives? And what does the wider Indian political context defined by an assertive Hindu nationalism mean for the ability of church actors to pursue environmental agendas? In this episode, we are joined by Kenneth Bo Nielsen and Nihar Gokhale who have examined these questions in the Indian state of Goa, focusing on church activities and outreach in the domain of sustainable agriculture and agroecology. You can read more about their research on the relationship between Christian environmentalism, agroecology and the rise of Hindu majoritarianism in the edited volume Religion and Ecological Crisis: Responses from Asia, published by Leiden University Press. Kenneth Bo Nielsen is a Social Anthropologist at the University of Oslo in Norway. Nihar Gokhale is a DPhil student in International Development at the Oxford Department of International Development. Mette Halskov Hansen, your host, is a Professor of China Studies at the University of Oslo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/environmental-studies","meta_description":"Why has the Catholic Church in India become so engaged in environmental initiatives? And what does the wider Indian political context defined by an assert…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":0,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-books-in-environmental-studies-580644/episodes/christian-environmentalism-in-a-hindu-majoritarian-context/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-environmental-studies-580644/christian-environmentalism-in-a-hindu-majoritarian-context.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}