God, Water, and Human Responsibility

Sister Water is the planet's decisive element, its source and sustainer of life. Is it also sacred? If so, what does that mean for the West, where most all inland water is "plumbed" --dammed and diverted for human use?

This presentation begins with a "cosmic" look at water among the stars. It ends with questions about human responsibility in a climate-changing, water-changing world. 

Larry Rasmussen is Reinhold Niebuhr Professor Emeritus of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York City and past president of the Society of Christian Ethics. He is the author of many books and articles, most recently Earth Honoring Faith: Religious Ethics in a New Key (Oxford University Press).