Nalini M. Nadkarni

Nalini M. Nadkarni is a Professor of Biology at the University of Utah. She does research and conservation work on the plants and animals that live in the canopy of tropical rainforests, supported by the National Science Foundation and the National Geographic Society. She is deeply interested in public engagement of science, particularly with faith-based groups, and in finding common ground through the many values that trees hold.

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Trees and the Love of God

by David M. Belnap, Nalini M. Nadkarni | undefined 60 | 02-16-2024

Abstract: Trees play real and metaphorical roles in the beliefs and holy scriptures of many world religions, and believers and non-believers throughout the world are uplifted spiritually by trees. In the Book of Mormon, a tree with delicious, sweet fruit appeared in two visions and one parable. Respectively, the tree represents the love of God […]

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