Deep Ecology and World Religions: New Essays on Sacred Ground (S U N Y Series in Radical Social and Political Theory)

By Roger S. Gottlieb and Tiffany Clarke Harrison

Book Overview

Parallels and contrasts values from world religions and those proposed by the environmental perspective of deep ecology.

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: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791448843
• ISBN13: 9780791448847
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 305 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher