The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Ecology

by Roger S. Gottlieb

Book Overview

The last two decades have seen the emergence of a new field of academic study that examines the interaction between religion and ecology. Theologians from every religious tradition have confronted world religions past attitudes towards nature and acknowledged their own faiths complicity in the environmental crisis. Out of this confrontation have been born vital new theologies based in the recovery of marginalized elements of tradition, profound criticisms...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199747628
• ISBN13: 9780199747627
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 688 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.7" x 9.6"