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Key Thinkers in Religion and Environment
Theoretical Foundations
Lucas F. Johnston
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- English
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Key Thinkers in Religion and Environment
Theoretical Foundations
Lucas F. Johnston
About This Book
Key Thinkers in Religion and Environment provides a theoretical foundation for scholarship related to the intersection of religions, natures and cultures across disciplines.
The text introduces students to the major names, theoretical issues, and methodological orientations of the field while giving professors maximum freedom to insert case studies and examples as they wish. Students will come away with an understanding of the most important scholars, their theoretical contributions, and the scholarly conundrums with which they wrestled. The book includes figures who are foundational to the field of religious studies more broadly, foregrounding key themes in their works which highlight the "nature" in/of their argumentation, whilst also highlighting the voices of women and people of color. The thinkers come from a range of fields, including religious studies, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, American Indian studies, ethology, agroecology, theology, and environmental history, demonstrating the importance and impact of interdisciplinary research. The book also offers a theoretical orientation which illuminates methodological and theoretical deficits in religious studies more generally, whilst opening new avenues for thinking about environmental ethics.
It is a must-read for all students and researchers of religion and the environment.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half-Title Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Edward B. Tylor (Anthropology): âFrom Human Phantoms to Animal Personsâ
- 2 Emile Durkheim (Sociology): âReligion Is the Social Glue That Holds Society Togetherâ
- 3 Mircea Eliade (Study of Religions): âReligion Is Real, Place-based, and Irreducibleâ
- 4 Rosemary Radford Ruether (Ecofeminist Theology): âGod Looks Sexist When Viewed Through His/Storiesâ
- 5 Vine Deloria (American Indian Religions and Law): âSacred Geographies of American Indians: Negotiations and Networksâ
- 6 Carolyn Merchant (Environmental History): âThe Death of Nature and an Ethic of Careâ
- 7 Wangari Maathai (Arboriculture): âBecoming a Hummingbirdâ
- 8 J. Baird Callicott (Environmental Philosophy): âFrom the Green Fire to Worldview Remediationâ
- 9 Vandana Shiva (Physics, Agroecology): âStolen Seeds, Simple Needsâ
- 10 Jane Goodall (Biologist, UN Ambassador of Peace): âMorality Untamedâ
- Conclusion: âThemes in Religion and the Environmentâ
- References
- Index