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Sacred and the profane : environmental anthropology of ethiopian orthodox christianity /
The Orthodox Tewahedo Christian doctrine in Ethiopian practice has different possibilities: (a) within church compounds the protection of nature (respect of creation), (b) outside the submission of nature, as the Bible demands - both are Christian behaviors! Church is not pro-nature. The Church itse...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hamburg, Germany :
Anchor Academic Publishing,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The Sacred and the Profane; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Table of Contents; 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1. Trends in Biodiversity Conservation; 1.2. Research Questions; 1.3. Objectives of the Research; 1.4. Significance of the Study; 2. CONCEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; 2.1. Conceptual Framework; 2.2. Theorizing Environmental Ethics and Biodiversity Conservation; 3. FORMER RESEARCHES ON BIODIVERSITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS; 3.1. Biodiversity and Culture; 3.2. Biodiversity and sacred areas in the World and Ethiopia; 4. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY; 4.1. Description of the Study area
- 4.2. The Study Site: Churches Selected for the Study4.3. Research Methodology and Methods of Data Collection; 5. BIODIVERSITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS IN ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX TEWAHEDO CHURCH; 5.1. The churches and their Plant composition; 5.2. The churches and their Animal composition; 5.3. Community's View Towards Plants and Animals in the Church; 5.4. Significance of Church Plants; 5.5. The Sacred and Profane Dichotomy in the Churches; 6. CONCLUDING REMARKS; References; APPENDIX I: LIST OF QUESTIONS: INTERVIEW DISCUSSIONS; APPENDIX II: PHOTOS OF CHURCH PLANTS AND THEIR DESCRIPTIONS
- APPENDIX III: LIST OF LOCAL AND ENGLISH NAMES OF ANIMALS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE DESCRIPTIONList of Figures; List of photos