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Down to Earth

Religious Paths toward Custodianship of Nature

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Down to Earth

Religious Paths toward Custodianship of Nature

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Down to Earth scientifically describes the multitude of environmental problems besetting planet earth and indicates why these environmental problems are, at their root, a spiritual or religious challenge. Simply learning about the scientific description of these environmental threats will not be sufficient to solve them, the author argues, for attitudes must be changed and behavioral patterns must be altered. This need for change invariably confronts the core values that we hold and the routine actions that we undertake. Through an examination of the worldviews and sacred texts of eight spiritual traditions, we learn of the common insights and powerful resources that these world religions can offer. The author believes that it is necessary to join an ecological conscience to an ecological consciousness for humans to exercise custodianship of nature both responsibly and sustainably.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Acknowledgements
Chapter 4 Chapter One: Environmental Problems and Their Spiritual Foundation
Chapter 5 Chapter Two: Judaism
Chapter 6 Chapter Three: Christianity
Chapter 7 Chapter Four: Islam
Chapter 8 Chapter Five: Indigenous Peoples/Native Americans
Chapter 9 Chapter Six: Hinduism
Chapter 10 Chapter Seven: Buddhism
Chapter 11 Chapter Eight: Daoism
Chapter 12 Chapter Nine: Confucianism
Chapter 13 Chapter Ten: Conclusion
Chapter 14 Index

Product details

Published 16 May 2009
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 172
ISBN 9780761846871
Imprint University Press of America
Dimensions 232 x 154 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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