Deep Ecology and World Religions: New Essays on Sacred Grounds (S U N Y SERIES IN RADICAL SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THEORY)

By Roger S. Gottlieb, Tiffany Clarke Harrison, American Academy of Religion

Book Overview

Bringing together thirteen new essays on the important relationship between traditional world spirituality and the contemporary environmental perspective of deep ecology, this landmark book explores parallels and contrasts between religious values and those proposed by deep ecology. In examining how deep ecologists and the various religious traditions can both learn from and critique one another, the following traditions are considered: indigenous cultures, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Judaism, Catholicism, Islam, Protestantism, Christian ecofeminism, and New Age spirituality.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791448835
• ISBN13: 9780791448830
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr
• Length: 291 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.8" x 6.5"