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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... Zimbabwean Institute of Religious Research and Ecological Conservation .................................................................. This page intentionally left blank Contributors David Landis Barnhill is xiii Abbreviations.
... Zimbabwean Institute of Religious Research and Ecological Conservation .................................................................. This page intentionally left blank Contributors David Landis Barnhill is xiii Abbreviations.
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... Conserving Natural Value. He gave the Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh in 1997–98. Rolston has spoken as distinguished lecturer on seven continents. He is featured in Fifty Key Thinkers on the Environment (edited by Joy A ...
... Conserving Natural Value. He gave the Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh in 1997–98. Rolston has spoken as distinguished lecturer on seven continents. He is featured in Fifty Key Thinkers on the Environment (edited by Joy A ...
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... conservation leading voices as disparate as Thoreau, John Muir, Robert Marshall, Sigurd Olson, and John Burroughs celebrated nature not only for its physical beauty and utility, but for its spiritual value as well. As historian Michael ...
... conservation leading voices as disparate as Thoreau, John Muir, Robert Marshall, Sigurd Olson, and John Burroughs celebrated nature not only for its physical beauty and utility, but for its spiritual value as well. As historian Michael ...
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... and the National Council of Churches and the U.K.-based Alliance for Religion and Conservation and the World Wildlife Fund.27. About. This. Book ...................................................................................
... and the National Council of Churches and the U.K.-based Alliance for Religion and Conservation and the World Wildlife Fund.27. About. This. Book ...................................................................................
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... conservation of coastal lines, and legal action in parliament are most popular among secular Israelis. These concerns reflect the desire of Israelis to improve the quality of life and create a healthy lifestyle, and its justification ...
... conservation of coastal lines, and legal action in parliament are most popular among secular Israelis. These concerns reflect the desire of Israelis to improve the quality of life and create a healthy lifestyle, and its justification ...
Contents
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RELIGION AND ECOLOGY CONFLICTS AND CONNECTIONS | 311 |
RELIGIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM | 465 |
Bibliography | 613 |
Index | 633 |
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