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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 rel...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Grim, John
Otros Autores: Tucker, Mary Evelyn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press, [2014]
Colección:Foundations of contemporary environmental studies.
Temas:
Ecology > Religious aspects.
Ecology > Moral and ethical aspects.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Gaia & Earth Energies.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
Ecology > Moral and ethical aspects
Ecology > Religious aspects
Religion
Umweltethik
Ökologie
Ekologi > religiösa aspekter.
Ekologi > etik och moral.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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, 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.

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