Ecological imaginations in the world religions : an ethnographic analysis /
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 an...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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London ; New York :
Continuum,
©2009.
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| Series: | Continuum religious studies.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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-i. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (243 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-222) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441174604 1441174605 9781441141651 1441141650 1472548981 9781472548986 1282875922 9781282875920 9786612875922 6612875925 9781441152800 1441152806 |
| DOI: | 10.5040/9781472548986 |