{"product_id":"the-wiley-blackwell-companion-to-religion-and-ecology-isbn-9781118465561","title":"The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Ecology","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003ci\u003eThe Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Ecology \u003c\/i\u003eoffers 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, \u003ci\u003eCompanion to Religion and Ecology\u003c\/i\u003e offers illuminating insights into the role of religion in the ongoing struggle to secure the future well-being of our natural world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a foreword by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I,  and an Afterword by John Cobb\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e List of Contributors ix \u003cp\u003eForeword xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xxxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI. Religions and Ecological Consciousness 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEcology Perspectives from Diverse Religious and Spiritual Traditions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 God is Absolute Reality and All Creation His Tajallı̄ (Theophany) 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeyyed Hossein Nasr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Swaraj: From Chipko to Navdanya 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVandana Shiva\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Eco‐Kabbalah: Holism and Mysticism in Earth‐Centered Judaism 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Mevorach Seidenberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Laudato Sí in the Earth Commons—Integral Ecology and Socioecological Ethics 37\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Hart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 神の大経綸: The Great Divine Plan: Kotama Okada’s Vision for Spiritual Civilization in the Twenty‐First Century 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKōō Okada\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 In the Time of the Sacred Places 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinona LaDuke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Eco‐Theology in the African Diaspora 85\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDianne D. Glave\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Buddhist Interdependence and the Elemental Life 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher Key Chapple\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Theodao: Integrating Ecological Consciousness in Daoism, Confucianism, and Christian Theology 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeup Young Kim\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII. Care for the Earth and Life 115\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTraditions’ Teachings in Socioecological Contexts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Science, Ecology, and Christian Theology 117\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn F. Haught\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Exploring Environmental Ethics in Islam: Insights from the Qur’an and the Practice of Prophet Muhammad 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFazlun M. Khalid\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Science and Religion: Conflict or Concert? 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrancisco J. Ayala\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Serpent in Eden and in Africa: Religions and Ecology 163\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKapya J. Kaoma\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Jewish Environmental Ethics: The Imperative of Responsibility 179\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHava Tirosh‐Samuelson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Ecowomanism and Ecological Reparations 195\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMelanie L. Harris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 From Climate Debt to Climate Justice: God’s Love Embodied in Garden Earth 203\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCynthia Moe‐Lobeda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Vision of St. Maximus the Confessor: That Creation May All Be One 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeth Theokritoff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII. Ecological Commitment 237\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContextualization of Traditions in Diverse Contexts, Cultures, and Circumstances\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 From Social Justice to Creation Justice in the Anthropocene 239\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLarry L. Rasmussen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Christianity, Ecofeminism, and Transformation 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeather Eaton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The Face of God in the World: Insights from the Orthodox Christian Tradition 273\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Chryssavgis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Climate Change and Christian Ethics 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael S. Northcott\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Islamic Environmental Teachings: Compatible with Ecofeminism? 301\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNawal H. Ammar and Allison Gray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The Divine Environment (al‐Muhit) and the Body of God: Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Sallie McFague Resacralize Nature 315\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIan S. Mevorach\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Chondogyo and a Sacramental Commons: Korean Indigenous Religion and Christianity on Common Ground 331\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYongbum Park\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 The Religious Politics of Scientific Doubt: Evangelical Christians and Environmentalism in the United States 348\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMyrna Perez Sheldon and Naomi Oreskes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The Covenant of Reciprocity 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobin Wall Kimmerer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV. Visions for the Present and Future Earth 383\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Earth Transformed: Altered Consciousness and Conduct on Common Ground\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Prayer as if Earth Really Matters 385\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArthur Waskow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 The Evolutionary and Ecological Perspectives of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Thomas Berry 394\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Earth as Community Garden: The Bounty, Healing, and Justice of Holy Permaculture 410\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTallessyn Zawn Grenfell‐Lee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Theo‐Forming Earth Community: Meaning‐Full Creations 427\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhitney A. Bauman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Religious Environmentalism and Environmental Activism 439\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoger S. Gottlieb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Global Heating, Pope Francis, and the Promise of Laudato Sí 457\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBill McKibben\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Respect for Mother Earth: Original Instructions and Indigenous Traditional Knowledge 460\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom B. K. Goldtooth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Common Commons: Social and Sacred Space 471\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Hart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 A New Partzuf for a New Paradigm: Living Earth—An Icon for Our Age 488\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eZalman Shachter Shalomi and in Conversation with John Hart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword 505\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn B. Cobb, Jr.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 510\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Hart\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Christian Ethics, Boston University. His books include \u003ci\u003eCosmic Commons: Spirit, Science, and Space\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), \u003ci\u003eSacramental Commons: Christian Ecological Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), and \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e (1984). He has lectured globally on socioecological ethics and religion-ecology in eight countries on five continents.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Hart features a chorus of voices, ancient and modern, famous and little known. All worldviews are faith views; he finds insightful accounts of religion and ecology around the globe. We welcome his inclusive, if diverse, human communities integrated with the wellbeing of Earth and all biota (his socioecological praxis ethics). Highly recommended, especially for libraries.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eHolmes Rolston III,\u003c\/b\u003e Colorado State University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeword by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartolomew I and Afterword by John Cobb \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003ci\u003eThe Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Ecology\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Ecology\u003c\/i\u003e offers illuminating insights into the role of religion in the ongoing struggle to secure the future well-being of our natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990368141541,"sku":"NP9781118465561","price":213.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118465561.jpg?v=1761787540","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-wiley-blackwell-companion-to-religion-and-ecology-isbn-9781118465561","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}