Introduction
1. The Modern Worldview, the Ecological Model and the
Re-Imagination of Nature
2. Religious Environmentalism: Re-Imagining and Revitalizing Nature
and Religion
3. Indian (Hindu and Jain) Visions
4. Chinese (Confucian and Daoist) Visions
5. Buddhist Visions
6. Jewish Visions
7. Christian Visions
8. Islamic Visions
9. Conclusion
The field of religion and ecology is an emerging and growing movement that is becoming relevant and influential in the world.
Dr Tony Watling researched religious and scientific views in public debates on ecology and the environment as a Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) Research Fellow in the Faculty of Theology at Leiden University.
"In this breath taking analysis across a wide variety of religious
traditions from East and West, we are invited to explore the
religious innovation that allows ecotopian visions to come to the
surface in contemporary religious environmentalism. This book is
valuable on a number of levels, not only for its accurate and
penetrating analysis of an impressive range of religious ecological
traditions, but also in the task of re-educating those who
incorrectly believe that religion lacks a positive role in
contemporary societies. I also believe that even those caught up to
some extent as participants in this varied cultural ferment - such
as ecotheologians like myself - have much to learn and appreciate
from this fascinating and thought provoking study." - Professor
Celia Deane-Drummond, Department of Theology and Religious Studies,
University of Chester, UK
[This book] is an important research work into the "souls" of the
world religious traditions and their visions on created things and
the environmental problem. It is also an important book on
comparative studies of world religions and ecology. It is a book of
its kind and therefore, will be appreciated highly by all who want
to know more about these religious traditions and the evolving
ecological debates.
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