Religion Matters
Religion Matters
Kirk Sandvig, Anderson Jeremiah, Janice McLean-Farrell
Farmer Suicide in India and US with Jared Opoien
1 hour Posted Feb 6, 2022 at 8:00 am.
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We discuss Jared Opoien's Ph.D. dissertation: "Life and Death in the Field: Farmer Suicide and the Necessity to Feed", which deals with the the philosophical complications behind viewing farmer suicide as an "epidemic", climate change disparity and the farmer protests in Delhi, and infrastructural similarities between farming economy in the U.S. and India.

Dr. Jared Opoien teaches Columbia College in the Department of History, Philosophy, Political Science, and Criminal Justice

Janice McLean-Farrell teaches at New Brunswick Theological Seminary,  and is the Dirck Romeyn Assistant Professor of Metro-Urban Ministry & Assistant Dean of Doctoral Studies.

Anderson Jeremiah is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University  and Deputy Director of the Richardson Institute of Peace Studies.

Kirk Sandvig teaches at Chapman University, San Diego State University, and Saddleback College.

 

Music by Aiden, Caleb and Kirk Sandvig