The Oxford Handbook of Religion and EcologyRoger S. Gottlieb Oxford University Press, 9. nov 2006 - 688 pages The last two decades have seen the emergence of a new field of academic study that examines the interaction between religion and ecology. Theologians from every religious tradition have confronted world religions past attitudes towards nature and acknowledged their own faiths complicity in the environmental crisis. Out of this confrontation have been born vital new theologies based in the recovery of marginalized elements of tradition, profound criticisms of the past, and ecologically oriented visions of God, the Sacred, the Earth, and human beings. The proposed handbook will serve as the definitive overview of these exciting new developments. Divided into three main sections, the books essays will reflect the three dominant dimensions of the field. Part one will explore traditional religious concepts of and attitudes towards nature and how these have been changed by the environmental crisis. Part II looks at larger conceptual issues that transcend individual traditions. Part III will examine religious participation in environmental politics. |
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... the Western monotheistic religions, there was (until recently) a general consensus that we should never forget that nature was God's creation, and ultimately God's property, not our own. However, once divine ownership was acknowledged, we ...
... the Western monotheistic religions, there was (until recently) a general consensus that we should never forget that nature was God's creation, and ultimately God's property, not our own. However, once divine ownership was acknowledged, we ...
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... the environmental crisis has meant that religious people have had to become political and ecological activists. It is clear to most religious environmentalists that pious words about ''caring for God's creation'' or ''having compassion ...
... the environmental crisis has meant that religious people have had to become political and ecological activists. It is clear to most religious environmentalists that pious words about ''caring for God's creation'' or ''having compassion ...
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... the years, Albertans have lived as if the abundant forests, minerals, oil, gas and coal deposits, fertile prairie ... God's creation are no more important than anything else religion preaches—which is to say not particularly important ...
... the years, Albertans have lived as if the abundant forests, minerals, oil, gas and coal deposits, fertile prairie ... God's creation are no more important than anything else religion preaches—which is to say not particularly important ...
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... the political organization and clout which religious quietists so shun. And this is not even to mention that actively following specifically religious commands to respect God's creation or prevent needless pain to other sentient beings ...
... the political organization and clout which religious quietists so shun. And this is not even to mention that actively following specifically religious commands to respect God's creation or prevent needless pain to other sentient beings ...
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... the mainstream organizations of Western, Asian, and indigenous societies, can say with real conviction, and with any ... God's creation...to degrade the integrity of the Earth by causing changes in its climate, stripping the Earth of its ...
... the mainstream organizations of Western, Asian, and indigenous societies, can say with real conviction, and with any ... God's creation...to degrade the integrity of the Earth by causing changes in its climate, stripping the Earth of its ...
Contents
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RELIGION AND ECOLOGY CONFLICTS AND CONNECTIONS | 311 |
RELIGIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM | 465 |
Bibliography | 613 |
Index | 633 |
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