Ecological Imaginations in the World Religions: An Ethnographic Analysis

Ecological Imaginations in the World Religions: An Ethnographic Analysis
ISBN-10
1847064280
ISBN-13
9781847064288
Category
Religion
Pages
253
Language
English
Published
2009-07-01
Publisher
A&C Black
Author
Tony Watling

Description

The field of religion and ecology is an emerging and growing movement that is becoming relevant and influential in the world. It seeks to analyse, encourage, inspire, use, compare, and combine religious traditions to engage and shape environmental issues. Tony Watling seeks to ethnographically analyse this important field and its expressions. In particular, he analyses and compares its explorations of different world religions for ecological themes and the resulting expressions of ecological visions, in what he terms ‘religious ecotopias' - idealized, environmentally-friendly re-imaginings of nature and humanity, and correspondingly religion, which seek to influence environmental attitudes.

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