This Sacred Earth: Religion, Nature, Environment

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Roger S. Gottlieb
Psychology Press, 1996 - 673 pages
This is the first comprehensive survey of the critical connections between religion, nature and the environment. It includes writings from sacred texts and a broad spectrum of new eco-theological selections. Historical and contemporary selections from key authors and a multicultural range of sources make This Sacred Earth an invaluable teaching resource and a unique introduction to the theory and practice of religious environmentalism.

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Contents

PART I
15
Imagination and Desire
21
John Muir
27
Stephanie Kaza
41
Fanetorens Ray Fadden
50
Christianity as Ecologically Harmful
104
J Donald Hughes from American Indian Ecology
131
Chatsumarn Kabilisingh Early Buddhist Views on Nature
147
Ecotheology in an Age of Environmental Crisis
403
Thomas Berry Into the Future
410
Brian Walsh Marianne B Karsh Trees Forestry and the Responsiveness
423
Warwick Fox Transpersonal Ecology and the Varieties
436
Religious Practice for a Sacred Earth
445
Ellen Bernstein and Dan Fink Blessings and Praise
451
The Sun Dance
470
The Earth is the Lords
480

John S Mbiti African Views of the Universe
174
Ecotheology in an Age of Environmental Crisis
181
Roderick Nash The Greening of Religion
194
American Baptist Churches USA Creation and the Covenant of Caring
238
Liberating Life A Report to the World Council of Churches
251
John F Haught Christianity and Ecology
270
The Cosmic Christ
286
Arthur Waskow What is EcoKosher?
297
Ken Jones Getting Out of Our Own Light
303
Theodore Walker Jr AfricanAmerican Resources
309
Ecotheology in an Age of Environmental Crisis
317
Anne Primavesi Ecofeminism and Canon
334
The Politics
346
Vandana Shiva from Staying Alive
382
Terry Tempest Williams The Clan of OneBreasted Women
390
Carol Adams Destabilizing Patriarchal Consumption
397
John Seed Invocation
499
Marina Lachecki The Blessing of the Water
507
Charlene Spretnak Beyond Humanism Modernity and Patriarchy
532
Max Oelschlaeger from Caring for Creation
537
Sharma On Sustainability
558
Catherine Ingram Interview with Cesar Chavez
586
Citizenship in Earth
604
David Spangler Imagination Gaia
611
Dieter T Hessel Now that Animals
620
The First National
634
Joint Appeal by Religion
640
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
655
SOME ORGANIZATIONS TO CONTACT
661
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
669
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Roger S. Gottlieb is Professor of Philosophy at Worcester Polytechnic Institiute and is widely recognized for his work in environmentalism. He has a regular column in Tikkun, and has published in popular venues such as the Sunday Boston Globe and Orion Afield. He has written and edited books on Marxism, Religion and Environmentalism.

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