The Wiley Blackwell companion to religion and ecology. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by John Hart.
• Editors: Hart, John, 1943-
• Contents: 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 Tajallī (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
• Publisher Details: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Ltd
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 201/.77; Ecology -- Religious aspects; Ecology -- Moral and ethical aspects; Ecology -- Moral and ethical aspects; Ecology -- Religious aspects; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Gaia & Earth Energies; RELIGION / Christianity / General; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781118465523; 1118465520; 9781118465530; 1118465539
• Related ISBNs: 9781118465547; 1118465547; 9781118465561
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 13, 2017).
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