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Religions, environment and territories - Université Cheikh Anta Diop (Dakar - Senegal) - deadline (abstract) 15 06 2026

Posted 26 02 2026

Announcement Calenda 1 364 149

After the creation of the universe, the Genesis account of origins depicts Adam and Eve settling in a paradisiacal space, before their exclusion following the original transgression. This passage from the garden of abundance to the earthly world is symbolically associated with the obligation to work and the confrontation with a nature now marked by hostility. The human experience of nature is thus invested with a strong religious charge: natural elements, whether benevolent or destructive, are interpreted in many traditions as the expression of a divine will or judgment.