Title Page; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Faith Traditions and Ecology; Creation Stories and Inspiration; Dissemination of Faith Traditions; Resistance to Religions' Ecological Teachings; Space Limitations on Religions' Consideration; Environment, Ecology, and Economics; Philosophical Ethics and Ethics-in-Context; The Contributors'Approaches to Religion and Ecology; The Contributors' Insights; The Companion in Context; Acknowledgments; I. Religions and Ecological Consciousness; CHAPTER 1: God is Absolute Reality and All Creation His Tajalli (Theophany) IntroductionThe Metaphysical Foundation; The Role of Religion; Man and the Natural Order; Consciousness; The Face of God; The Role of Man in Relation to Nature; The Obstacle of Scientism; An Islamic Philosophy of Nature; CHAPTER 2: Swaraj; Introduction; Chipko and the Story of the Forest; Navdanya and the Story of the Seed; CHAPTER 3: Eco-Kabbalah; Maimonides; Kabbalah and Eco-theology; Sefirotic Play; Holism; The Earth or Cosmos as Divine Body and Image; God's Image within the World; Rabbinic Roots and Modern Branches; Dualism and Repairing the Cosmos; Ethics; Contemplation and Ritual A Spirit-Centered Civilization and "The Principle of the Two-Dimensional Cross"The Principle of the Cross; The Convergence of Science and Religion; The Forum of the Cross and the Yoko Civilization; The Great Opportunity for the Renaissance of Sukyo; CHAPTER 6: In the Time of the Sacred Places; Minwenzha; Sacred Stories; Sacred Places; Related Peoples: Nur and Human; Copper and Iron, or Wild Rice and Water; The Predator Returns; Doko'oosliid, Kachinas Mountain, and Recycled Ski Areas; The Auction of the Sacred; Return to Sacred Lifeways; The Living Industrial Predator Sacred Places Renewed, Sacred Stories Retold, Sacred Lives RelivedCHAPTER 7: Eco-Theology in the African Diaspora; Eco-Theology; CHAPTER 8: Buddhist Interdependence and the Elemental Life; The Study of Buddhism and Ecology; The Buddhist Worldview; Buddhist Practice: Elemental Meditations; Seeing the Buddha; Past Life Stories of the Buddha; The Ruby-Eyed, Silver-Clawed Blue Bear; Buddhist Ecological Leaders and the Gyalwa Karmapa; Conclusion; CHAPTER 9: Theodao; A Theanthropocosmic Vision: Both a New and an Ancient Cosmology; Theodao (Theology of Dao): A New Paradigm of Asian Theology
Summary:
In the face of the current environmental crisis which clearly has moral and spiritual dimensions members of all the world s faiths have come to recognize the critical importance of religion s relationship to ecology. The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Ecology offers a comprehensive overview of the history and the latest developments in religious engagement with environmental issues throughout the world. Newly commissioned essays from noted scholars of diverse faiths and scientific traditions present the most cutting-edge thinking on religion s relationship to the environment. Initial readings explore the ways traditional concepts of nature in Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and other religious traditions have been shaped by the environmental crisis. Readings then address the changing nature of theology and religious thought in response to the challenges of protecting the environment. Various conceptual issues and themes that transcend individual traditions climate change, bio-ethics, social justice, ecofeminism, and more are then analyzed before a final section examines some of the immediate challenges we face in caring for the Earth while looking to the future of religious environmentalism. Timely and thought-provoking, Companion to Religion and Ecology offers illuminating insights into the role of religion in the ongoing struggle to secure the future well-being of our natural world. With a foreword by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, and an Afterword by John Cobb -- Provided by publisher.
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