Ecology and religion /
John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker.
- 1 online resource (x, 265 pages)
- Foundations of contemporary environmental studies .
- Foundations of contemporary environmental studies. .
Includes bibliographical references 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, 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.