Faith, hope, and sustainability : the greening of US faith communities /

"A cross-case analysis of fifteen faith communities striving to care for the earth and live more sustainably"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shattuck, Cybelle T., 1966- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2021]
Colección:SUNY series on religion and the environment.
Temas:
2000-2099
Ecotheology > United States > Case studies.
Human ecology > Religious aspects > Christianity > Case studies.
Christian communities > Case studies.
Écothéologie > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Écologie humaine > Aspect religieux > Christianisme > Études de cas.
Communautés chrétiennes > Études de cas.
Christian communities
Ecotheology
Human ecology > Religious aspects > Christianity
United States > History > 21st century.
États-Unis > Histoire > 21e siècle.
United States
Case studies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Are US Religions Going Green?
  • Faith Communities and Environmental Sustainability
  • Religious Environmentalism
  • The Academic Study of Religion and Ecology
  • Religious Environmentalism in Practice
  • A Case-Study Exploration of the Greening of Religion
  • Key Terminology
  • Case Selection
  • Data Collection and Analysis
  • An Overview of the Chapters
  • Part I The Greening of Us Faith Communities
  • Chapter One Genesis and Evolution of Fifteen Sustainability Initiatives
  • Overview of the Faith Communities
  • Case Cluster I: Faith Communities with Organic Initiatives
  • 1 Trinity Presbyterian Church (TPC*), Harrisonburg, Virginia Membership: 165
  • 2 Madison Christian Community (MCC), Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and United Church of Christ, Middleton, Wisconsin Membership: approximately 400
  • 3 Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation (JRC), Evanston, Illinois Membership: approximately 500 families
  • 875 adults
  • 4 First Parish Church of Newbury (FPN), United Church of Christ, Newbury, Massachusetts Membership: approximately 40
  • 5 Vineyard Church of Ann Arbor (VAA), Ann Arbor, Michigan Membership: approximately 600
  • 6 St. Thomas Aquinas Parish (STA), Palo Alto, California Membership: approximately 1,800 families
  • Case Cluster II: Green Certified Faith Communities
  • 7 First Universalist Church of Rockland (UUR), Rockland, Maine Membership: approximately 159
  • 8 Trinity Presbyterian Church (TNJ), East Brunswick, New Jersey Membership approx. 425
  • 9 Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple (AET), New Brunswick, New Jersey Membership: approximately 550 families
  • 10 Temple Shalom (TS), Aberdeen, New Jersey Membership: approximately 300 families
  • Case Cluster III: Monastic Case Sites
  • 11 Congregation of St. Joseph at Nazareth (CJN), Sisters of St. Joseph, Kalamazoo, Michigan Membership: 191 sisters
  • 12 Saint John's Abbey (SJA), Order of St. Benedict, Collegeville, Minnesota Membership: 153 monks
  • 13 Villa Maria (VM), Sisters of the Humility of Mary, Villa Maria, Pennsylvania Membership: 158 sisters
  • 14 Holy Wisdom Monastery (HWM), Benedictine Women of Madison, Madison, Wisconsin Membership: 3 sisters
  • 350 lay members (Sunday Assembly attendees)
  • 15 Our Lady of Angels Convent (OLA), Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, Aston, Pennsylvania Membership: 450 sisters
  • Conclusion: Faith Communities as Stewards of Spirit and Earth
  • Chapter Two Many Paths to Sustainability: Cross-Case Analysis
  • Triggers of Initiative Emergence
  • 1 Faith Leader Prompt as Trigger
  • 2 Local Environmental Threat as Trigger
  • 3 Career-Related Trigger
  • 4 Community Discernment Process as Trigger
  • 5 External Opportunity as Trigger
  • Grassroots Responses
  • Organizational Leadership Responses

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