This page offers a clearinghouse for the writings of Daniel Capper.
Books are presented as fully as my contract allows.
Essays appear as citable full offprints whenever possible.
Last updated June 2026.
2026
“Extraterrestrial Environmental Assessment: Establishing a Framework for Responsible Off-World Exploration,” with Pascale Ehrenfreund. Under review. Available as a preprint on SSRN:
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6818795.
“We Quickly Should Establish the Lunar Antipode Circle Scientific Reserve,” forthcoming book chapter in Geoethics and Environmental Protection in Space, edited by Tony Milligan, Oskari Sivula, and Mikko Puumala. To be published by Palgrave.
“Yetis Are Environmental Justice Heroes,” forthcoming book chapter in Monsters as Motifs: The Social Meanings of the Monsters We Live With, edited by Jamie Lewis, Mark Connelly, and Victoria Timperley. To be published by Bloomsbury Press in November 2026. ** This book is about IMAGINARY monsters **
2025
“Guide to Religion, Spirituality, and the Good Life,” with Andrea Christelle, guide as a part of the Guides to Public Philosophy series published by the Public Philosophy Network.
2024
“Buddhist Environmental Ethics and Climate Change,” invited essay in Religion Compass.
2023
Buddhist Ecological Protection of Space: A Guide for Sustainable Off-Earth Travel. Book. The publisher allows free download only of the introduction.
“Decolonized Religions as Social Forces within Space Settlements,” in Space Policy.
“Buddhists Do Not Want Space Junk to Fall on Your Head,” invited essay for E-International Relations.
“On Loving Nonliving Stuff,” book chapter in Reclaiming Space: Progressive and Multicultural Visions of Space Exploration.
2022
Roaming Free like a Deer: Buddhism and the Natural World. Book. The publisher allows free download only of the introduction.
“What Should We Do with Our Moon?: Ethics and Policy for Establishing Multiuse Lunar Land Reserves,” in Space Policy.
2021
“Intrinsic Value, American Buddhism, and Potential Life on Saturn’s Moon Titan,” book chapter in Astrobiology: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy.
“How Venus Became Cool: Social and Moral Dimensions of Biosignature Science,” in Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science.
2020
“American Buddhist Protection of Stones in terms of Climate Change on Mars and Earth,” in Contemporary Buddhism.
2019
“The Search for Microbial Martian Life and American Buddhist Ethics,” in International Journal of Astrobiology.
“Preserving Mars Today using Baseline Ecologies,” in Space Policy.
2016
Learning Love from a Tiger: Religious Experiences with Nature. Full book for free!
“Animism among Western Buddhists,” in Contemporary Buddhism.
“The Maternal Personhood of Cattle and Plants at a Hindu Center in the United States,” in Pastoral Psychology.
“Groundhog Oracles and Their Forebears,” in Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science.
2015
“Learning Love from a Tiger: Approaches to Nature in an American Buddhist Monastery,” in Journal of Contemporary Religion.
2014
“The Trees, My Lungs: Self Psychology and the Natural World at an American Buddhist Center,” in Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science.
2012
“The Friendly Yeti,” in Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture.
2005
“Devotion to Tibetan Lamas, Self Psychology, and Healing in the United States,” in Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health.
2004
“Enchantment with Tibetan Lamas in the United States,” in Journal of Contemporary Religion.
2003
“Scientific Empathy, American Buddhism, and the Ethnography of Religion,” in Culture and Religion.
2002
Guru Devotion and the American Buddhist Experience. Full book for free!