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Ecology and Religion: Foundations of Contemporary Environmental Studies Series

Autor John Grim, Mary Evelyn Tucker
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 2014
From the Psalms in the Bible to the sacred rivers in Hinduism, the natural world has been integral to the world’s religions. John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker contend that today’s growing environmental challenges make the relationship ever more vital.

This primer explores the history of religious traditions and the environment, illustrating how religious teachings and practices both promoted and at times subverted sustainability. Subsequent chapters examine the emergence of religious ecology, as views of nature changed in religious traditions and the ecological sciences. Yet the authors argue that religion and ecology are not the province of institutions or disciplines alone. They describe four fundamental aspects of religious life: orienting, grounding, nurturing, and transforming. Readers then see how these phenomena are experienced in a Native American religion, Orthodox Christianity, Confucianism, and Hinduism.

Ultimately, Grim and Tucker argue that the engagement of religious communities is necessary if humanity is to sustain itself and the planet. Students of environmental ethics, theology and ecology, world religions, and environmental studies will receive a solid grounding in the burgeoning field of religious ecology.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781597267083
ISBN-10: 1597267082
Pagini: 280
Ilustrații: figures, references, appendixes
Dimensiuni: 140 x 222 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Ediția:None
Editura: Island Press
Colecția Island Press
Seria Foundations of Contemporary Environmental Studies Series


Notă biografică

John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker are Senior Lecturers and Research Scholars at Yale University. They are founders of the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale and series editors of Religions of the World and Ecology from the Harvard Center for the Study of World Religions. They won an Emmy for their film Journey of the Universe with Brian Swimme.

Cuprins

Introduction: Our Journey into Religion and Ecology
 
Chapter 1. Problems and Promise of Religions: Limiting and Liberating
Chapter 2. The Nature of Religion: Orienting, Grounding, Nurturing, Transforming
Chapter 3. Religious Ecology and Views of Nature in the West
Chapter 4. Ecology, Conservation, and Ethics
Chapter 5. Emergence of the Field of Religion and Ecology
Chapter 6. Christianity as Orienting to the Cosmos
Chapter 7. Confucianism as Grounding in Community
Chapter 8. Indigenous Traditions and the Nurturing Powers of Nature
Chapter 9. Hinduism and the Transforming Effect of Devotion
Chapter 10. Building on Interreligious Dialogue: Toward a Global Ethics
 
Epilogue: The Challenge Ahead: Creating Ecological Cultures Questions for Discussion
Appendix A: Common Declaration on Environmental Ethics of Pope John Paul II and the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople 
Appendix B: Influence of Traditional Chinese Wisdom of Eco Care on Westerners by Vice-Minister Pan Yue, 2011
Appendix C: Selections from the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 2007
Appendix D: Yamuna River Declaration, 2011
Appendix E: Earth Charter, 2000
Appendix F: Save the Fraser Declaration
Appendix G: Online Resources for Religious Ecology
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Descriere

From the Psalms in the Bible to the sacred rivers in Hinduism, the natural world has been integral to the world’s religions. John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker contend that today’s growing environmental challenges make the relationship ever more vital.

This primer explores the history of religious traditions and the environment, illustrating how religious teachings and practices both promoted and at times subverted sustainability. Subsequent chapters examine the emergence of religious ecology, as views of nature changed in religious traditions and the ecological sciences. Yet the authors argue that religion and ecology are not the province of institutions or disciplines alone. They describe four fundamental aspects of religious life: orienting, grounding, nurturing, and transforming. Readers then see how these phenomena are experienced in a Native American religion, Orthodox Christianity, Confucianism, and Hinduism.

Ultimately, Grim and Tucker argue that the engagement of religious communities is necessary if humanity is to sustain itself and the planet. Students of environmental ethics, theology and ecology, world religions, and environmental studies will receive a solid grounding in the burgeoning field of religious ecology.