Multicultural and Religious Perspectives on Protecting the Environment, the Biosphere, and Biodiversity (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Tham, Joseph; Advani, Sameer; Lunstroth, John

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This thought-provoking volume unites bioethics experts from seven major world religions-Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Daoism, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism-alongside secular thinkers to explore environmental protection through the lens of the UNESCO Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights. It foregrounds the power of diverse perspectives in addressing one of humanity's most pressing challenges-the ecological crisis. The contributions provide rich and distinct religious and cultural viewpoints as they confront the anthropological, ethical and social dimensions of this crisis. Showcasing dialogue where traditions and philosophies collide, they offer unique insights into global bioethics and human rights that should inspire new ways of thinking and foster meaningful collaboration in the fight for our planet's future. The book is valuable reading for researchers, scholars and students in bioethics, environmental ethics, religious studies and beyond.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040439203
• Artikelnr.: 75390185

Autorenporträt

Joseph Tham teaches bioethics at Ateneo Pontificio Regina Apostolorum (Rome, Italy) and is the former Dean of the School of Bioethics. He is a Fellow of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights. John Lunstroth is a lecturer in the Medicine and Society Program at the University of Houston, USA, and a Fellow of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights (Rome, Italy). Sameer Advani is the director of the Christianity and Culture Program and Professor of Systematic Theology at Ateneo Pontificio Regina Apostolorum (Rome, Italy).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. UNESCO, global bioethics, and the environment 2. Integral
Ecology, Natural Order & the Relational Self: Towards A Postsecular
Synthesis in a New Ecological Age? 3. Two Sides of the Same Coin: Global
Bioethics and Social Teaching of the Church in Convergence for a
Sustainable Development Environment PART 1: SECULAR PERSPECTIVES 4. The
Principle of Environmental Beneficence: towards an ethical principle for
environmentally sustainable medicine 5. Environmentally Sustainable
Healthcare: Reflections by a Christian Realist PART 2: MONOTHEISTIC
TRADITIONS: ISLAM 6. Islam, Biodiversity and Bioethic 7. PART 3:
MONOTHEISTIC TRADITIONS: CHRISTIANITY 8. An Orthodox Christian Ecological
Ethic 9. Bioethics and environmental ethics: a historical perspective on a
missed opportunity. A response to Durante from a secular perspective 10.
Protestant Christianity and the Environment 11. Protestantism and the
Environment: A Buddhist Response PART 4: MONOTHEISTIC TRADITIONS: JUDAISM
12. Jewish Environmental Ethics: A Proposal for Non-Anthropocentrism 13.
PART 5: ASIAN TRADITIONS: DAOISM 14. A Chinese Concept of Integral Ecology
from a Daoist Perspective 15. Terms of Engagement: A Muslim Reflection on
Human Ecology in Response to Kwok and Lai PART 6: ASIAN TRADITIONS:
CONFUCIANISM 16. Environmental protection and obligations: A Confucian
perspective 17. Catholic Thoughts on a Confucian Perspective on the
Environmental Crisis PART 7: ASIAN TRADITIONS: BUDDHISM 18. A Construction
of Environmental Ethics from a Buddhist Perspective 19. The Buddhist
Principle of Non-harm to Life (Ashima) in Different Cultural Regions: A
Confucian Response to Ellen Zhang 20. Buddhist Perspectives on Bioethics:
'Interbeing,' 'Ecodharma,' and 'Ecosattva' 21.Dialogue between Buddhism and
Global Bioethics on Ecology PART 8: ASIAN TRADITIONS: HINDUISM 22. Are
there norms in the Indian Tradition regarding the Environment? Hinduism as
State Religion 23. Modernity, religion, and India: weaving the threads of a
complex historical process together 24. Environment, Hinduism and the Words
of Wisdom 25. Protecting the Environment, the Biosphere, and Biodiversity:
A Response to Prof. Kishore.