Ecology and religion /

Grim, John.

Ecology and religion / John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker. - Washington, DC : Island Press, 2014. - x, 265 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Foundations of contemporary environmental studies . - Foundations of contemporary environmental studies .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-258) and index.

Introduction. Our journey into religion and ecology -- Problems and promise of religions : limiting and liberating -- The nature of religious ecology : orienting, grounding, nurturing, transforming -- Religious ecology and views of nature in the West -- Ecology, conservation, and ethics -- Emergence of the field of religion and ecology -- Christianity as orienting to the cosmos -- Confucianism as grounding in community -- Indigenous traditions and the nurturing powers of nature -- Hinduism and the transforming affect of devotion -- Building on interreligious dialogue : toward a global ethics -- Epilogue. Challenges ahead : creating ecological cultures.

9781597267076 (cloth : alk. paper) 1597267074 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781597267083 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1597267082 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Ecology--Religious aspects.
Ecology--Moral and ethical aspects.

BL65.E36 / GRI 2014

201/.77

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