TY - BOOK AU - Grim,John AU - Tucker,Mary Evelyn TI - Ecology and religion T2 - Foundations of contemporary environmental studies SN - 9781597267076 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - BL65.E36 GRI 2014 U1 - 201/.77 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Washington, DC : PB - Island Press KW - Ecology KW - Religious aspects KW - Moral and ethical aspects N1 - 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 ER -