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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... theologians or religious leaders, but by freelance spiritual types, anticommunist Western Marxists, secular philosophers, or nature lovers.6 Thankfully, however, this is no longer the case. As the following essays show beyond doubt ...
... theologians or religious leaders, but by freelance spiritual types, anticommunist Western Marxists, secular philosophers, or nature lovers.6 Thankfully, however, this is no longer the case. As the following essays show beyond doubt ...
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... theologians have had to reevaluate their traditions. Classic texts have been read, and interpreted, anew. Marginalized elements which support an ecological ethic have been recovered and stressed, and some previously unchallengeable ...
... theologians have had to reevaluate their traditions. Classic texts have been read, and interpreted, anew. Marginalized elements which support an ecological ethic have been recovered and stressed, and some previously unchallengeable ...
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... theologian to someone who takes religious seriously but not intellectually, from the most devout monotheist to someone who is ''spiritual but not religious,'' this problem requires a vital reorientation. As we face a decimated forest ...
... theologian to someone who takes religious seriously but not intellectually, from the most devout monotheist to someone who is ''spiritual but not religious,'' this problem requires a vital reorientation. As we face a decimated forest ...
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... theological writings, scholarship, institutional commitment, and public action. Theologians from every religious tradition— along with dozens of nondenominational spiritual writers—have confronted religions' attitudes toward nature and ...
... theological writings, scholarship, institutional commitment, and public action. Theologians from every religious tradition— along with dozens of nondenominational spiritual writers—have confronted religions' attitudes toward nature and ...
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... Theologians, leaders, clergy, and laypeople have had to ask how their own faiths—so essential in defining their understanding of the cosmos and their guidelines for living within it—have to change to face this new reality. These essays ...
... Theologians, leaders, clergy, and laypeople have had to ask how their own faiths—so essential in defining their understanding of the cosmos and their guidelines for living within it—have to change to face this new reality. These essays ...
Contents
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RELIGION AND ECOLOGY CONFLICTS AND CONNECTIONS | 311 |
RELIGIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM | 465 |
Bibliography | 613 |
Index | 633 |
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