Clifford Chalmers Cain

Many Heavens, One Earth (eBook, ePUB)

Readings on Religion and the Environment

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Many Heavens, One Earth is a collection of first-person voices from nine of the world religions. In fifteen articles, devotees and scholars reveal the contributions these traditions make to informing and motivating an ecological response to the environmental issues that beset planet earth. The spiritual messages of world religions have an indispensable and decisive role to play in addressing these environmental problems, for, at their root, these ecological issues are spiritual problems: Unless greed is replaced by moderation and sharing, materialism by spiritual insights and values, consumerism by restraint and simpler living, exploitation by respect and service, and pollution by caring and protection, nature's hospitality will be foolishly rebuffed, and therefore our descendants will inherit a polluted and depleted earth. Religion can be, and must be, a part of this replacement. Since at least 90% of the world's people claim allegiance to various major world religious traditions, religion can exert a crucial and transforming influence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780739172964
• Artikelnr.: 41690130

Autorenporträt

By Clifford Chalmers Cain

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Religion and the Environment Introduction to article by Paul
Brockelman Paul Brockelman, "With New Eyes: Seeing the Environment as a
Spiritual Issue" Judaism and the Environment Introduction to article by
Eric Katz Eric Katz, "Nature as Subject: Human Obligation and Natural
Community" Christianity and the Environment Introduction to article by Iain
Provan Iain Provan, "The Land Is Mine and You Are Only Tenants:
Earth-Keeping and People-keeping in the Old Testament" Introduction to
article by Clifford Chalmers Cain Clifford Chalmers Cain, "Stewardship as a
Work of Art" Introduction to article by Elizabeth Theokritoff Elizabeth
Theokritoff, "The Orthodox Church and the Environmental Movement" Islam and
the Environment Introduction to article by Seyyed Hossein Nasr Seyyed
Hossein Nasr, "Religion and the Resacralization of Nature" Native American
Traditions and the Environment Introduction to Letter attributed to Chief
Seattle "Letter Attributed to Chief Seattle" Introduction to article by
David Kinsley David Kinsley, "Native American Religion" Introduction to
article by Joel Martin Joel Martin, "The Land Looks After Us" Hinduism and
the Environment Introduction to article by Christopher Key Chapple
Christopher Key Chapple, "Ecological Nonviolence and the Hindu Tradition"
Buddhism and the Environment Introduction to article by His Holiness the
Dalai Lama His Holiness the Dalai Lama, ["A Buddhist Perspective on
Nature"] Introduction to article by Susan Darlington Susan Darlington,
"Rethinking Buddhism and Development: The Emergence of Environmentalist
Monks in Thailand" Sikhism and the Environment Introduction to article by
Gopinder Kaur Sagoo Gopinder Kaur Sagoo, "Our Environment and Us: A Sikh
Perspective" Introduction to article by S. Lourdunathan S. Lourdunathan,
"Ecosophical Concerns in the Sikh Tradition" Taoism and Confucianism and
the Environment Introduction to article by Mary Evelyn Tucker Mary Evelyn
Tucker, "Ecological Themes in Taoism and Confucianism" List of Contributors
Index