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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... pollution and the killing of animals for sport, use, or food have raised rates of extinction to the highest they have been for sixty-five million years. Potential medicines vanish, ecosystems are destabilized, water supplies threatened ...
... pollution and the killing of animals for sport, use, or food have raised rates of extinction to the highest they have been for sixty-five million years. Potential medicines vanish, ecosystems are destabilized, water supplies threatened ...
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... pollution, water pollution, treatment of waste products, 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 ...
... pollution, water pollution, treatment of waste products, 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 ...
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... pollution prevention, proper treatment of nuclear waste, energy conservation, utility regulation, and promotion of sustainable development. COEJL is part of a larger network of religious interfaith organizations that attempt to shape ...
... pollution prevention, proper treatment of nuclear waste, energy conservation, utility regulation, and promotion of sustainable development. COEJL is part of a larger network of religious interfaith organizations that attempt to shape ...
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... pollution. The rabbinic corpus also includes informative claims about embryology, diagnosis of diseases, and a host of medications and hygienic strategies for prevention of disease. The physician is viewed as an instrument of God ...
... pollution. The rabbinic corpus also includes informative claims about embryology, diagnosis of diseases, and a host of medications and hygienic strategies for prevention of disease. The physician is viewed as an instrument of God ...
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... pollution of air and water; overconsumption of anything; and the waste of mineral and other resources. These environmental regulations indicate that the Jewish legal tradition requires that one carefully weigh the ramifications of all ...
... pollution of air and water; overconsumption of anything; and the waste of mineral and other resources. These environmental regulations indicate that the Jewish legal tradition requires that one carefully weigh the ramifications of all ...
Contents
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RELIGION AND ECOLOGY CONFLICTS AND CONNECTIONS | 311 |
RELIGIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM | 465 |
Bibliography | 613 |
Index | 633 |
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