ABSTRACT
Drawing upon the heritage of public intellectual Ralph Waldo Emerson, this chapter considers the role of nature, history and action as resources for the public intellectual at the contemporary dawn of the Anthropocene Age. It focuses on the importance of “reMembering” as a critical role for the (religious) public intellectual. It gives considerable attention to the shifts in 15th century that led to rise of colonization and remembers the history of climate change as stemming from colonization. It subsequently suggests rituals as valuable resources for public intellectuals intent on enabling a new form of theology in practice to emerge.
