Anne Marie Dalton is a professor of Religious Studies at Saint Mary’s University, Nova Scotia. She received her MA from Fordham University during which time she also studied under Thomas Berry. Her PhD in religion and culture is from Catholic University of America where she completed a dissertation on the work of Thomas Berry and Bernard Lonergan. Dr. Dalton has worked on Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) projects dealing with the environment in China, Vietnam and Mongolia. She has also supervised student field work related to women and the environment in many countries including Uganda, Morocco, Nepal, and India. Her published works involve the areas of religion and ecology, women and religion, and religion and international development. She has two published books in the area of religion and ecology, A Theology for the Earth: The Contributions of Thomas Berry and Bernard Lonergan (1999) and Ecotheology and the Practice of Hope, (co-authored with Henry Simmons), published by SUNY Press in October, 2010. Anne Marie is also a member of the Interfaith Coalition on Climate Change.