Religions and Environments: A Reader in Religion, Nature and Ecology

Authors

Richard Bohannon, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's UniversityFollow

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Description

Recent decades have witnessed a surge of literature and activism from religious leaders and thinkers on the natural environment. Religions and Environments: A Reader in Religion, Nature and Ecology brings together some of the most thought-provoking examples of such writings from the nineteenth century up to today, spanning a variety of methodological approaches and religious traditions, viewpoints and locations.

Religions and Environments: A Reader in Religion, Nature and Ecology depicts some of the diverse ways that religious narratives and practices have helped people connect to the physical world around them. To do so, it is divided into three parts: the wilderness, the garden, and the city. Traditions represented include nature spiritualities, Asian traditions, Judaism, Islam, Christianity, and indigenous traditions.Reflecting the most current scholarship in the study of religion and nature, as well as providing important historical essays, it draws on a range of perspectives and methodologies, including historical, theological, philosophical and literary methods.

ISBN

9781780938028

Publication Date

2014

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic

City

New York, NY

Disciplines

Environmental Sciences | Religion

Recommended Citation

Bohannon, Richard. 2013. Religions and environments: a reader in religion, nature, and ecology.