Sacred Resistance: Eco-Activism and the Rise of New Spiritual Communities

Sacred Resistance attends to the frontlines of new expressions of spiritually grounded environmental activism. Through five powerful case studies written by embedded activist-scholars, this book explores religious eco-activism and reveals myriad ways that ecological well-being is bound up with other struggles against systemic oppression. From Indigenous communities to Quakers, Roman Catholic women religious to Yogis, Sacred Resistance centers women’s leadership and interreligious solidarity in critical reflections on the urgent environmental conflicts of our times.

Ashley Theuring is a practical theology scholar, educator, and advocate, with expertise in trauma theology. She earned her PhD from Boston University and currently serves as assistant professor in theology, Xavier University, Cincinnati. She also co-directs Xavier’s Graduate Theology Program and the Institute for Spirituality and Social Justice. She combines her theological depth with a commitment to social justice, having served as an advocate and educator for domestic violence prevention. She has made substantial scholarly contributions, especially in the areas of trauma, domestic violence, and moral injury within religious contexts, including her book Fragile Resurrection: Hope after Domestic Violence.