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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... Ecological Vision, 236 John Berthrong Religion and Ecology in African Culture and Society, 259 Jacob Olupona Indigenous ... Ecological Theology, 348 Andrew Linzey Religious Ecofeminism: Healing the Ecological Crisis, 362 Rosemary Radford ...
... Ecological Vision, 236 John Berthrong Religion and Ecology in African Culture and Society, 259 Jacob Olupona Indigenous ... Ecological Theology, 348 Andrew Linzey Religious Ecofeminism: Healing the Ecological Crisis, 362 Rosemary Radford ...
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... ecological initiatives of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Cosmic Grace, Humble Prayer, and serves as theological advisor to the Ecumenical Patriarch on environmental ... Crisis and Hindu Religion (coauthor); World Religions and the ...
... ecological initiatives of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Cosmic Grace, Humble Prayer, and serves as theological advisor to the Ecumenical Patriarch on environmental ... Crisis and Hindu Religion (coauthor); World Religions and the ...
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... environmental crisis. This crisis has at least eight major dimensions, each of which by itself would be a critical problem, but all of which together make for perhaps the most significant challenge human beings have ever faced:2 1 ...
... environmental crisis. This crisis has at least eight major dimensions, each of which by itself would be a critical problem, but all of which together make for perhaps the most significant challenge human beings have ever faced:2 1 ...
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... ecological problems were local—confined to a region, a community, even an empire. Our plight today is global: there simply is no escape from it on this planet. It should be stressed that the environmental crisis is not just a problem ...
... ecological problems were local—confined to a region, a community, even an empire. Our plight today is global: there simply is no escape from it on this planet. It should be stressed that the environmental crisis is not just a problem ...
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... 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 on ...
... 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 on ...
Contents
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RELIGION AND ECOLOGY CONFLICTS AND CONNECTIONS | 311 |
RELIGIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM | 465 |
Bibliography | 613 |
Index | 633 |
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