Sacred landscapes and cultural politics : planting a tree / edited by Philip P. Arnold and Ann Grodzins Gold.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arnold, Philip P., 1957-

Gold, Ann Grodzins, 1946-

Series:

Vitality of indigenous religions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human ecology--Religious aspects--Congresses.

Human ecology.

Ethnoecology--Congresses.

Ethnoecology.

Indigenous peoples--Religion--Congresses.

Indigenous peoples.

Sacred space--Congresses.

Sacred space.

Indigenous peoples--Religion.

Human ecology--Religious aspects.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xix, 203 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2001]

Contents:

Part I Contested Cultural Politics

1 Isaac and the Elk: Nature's Unnatural Acts / Lynda Sexson 3

2 Alternative Geographies: From Cosmography to Geography / John Rennie Short 27

3 Of Tee Shirts and Tree Seedlings: The Hidden Problems with Religion and the Environment Dialogues / Jane Marie Law 35

Part II Once and Future Sacred Landscapes

4 Sacred Landscapes of Kirinyaga: Indigenous and Early Islamic and Christian Influences / Alfonso Peter Castro, Adelle Tibbetts 55

5 No Nature Apart: Adivasi Cosmovision and Ecological Discourses in Jharkhand, India / Pramod Parajuli 83

6 Story, Ritual, and Environment in Rajasthan / Ann Grodzins Gold 115

Part III Planting A Tree

7 We Plant a Tree of Peace: The Syracuse University Tree-Planting Ceremony / Chief Jake Swamp, Anna M. Schein 143

8 Sacred Landscapes of New York State and the Problem of Religion in America / Philip P. Arnold 167.

Notes:

Based on a symposium held in 1996 at Syracuse University.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-203).

ISBN:

0754615693

OCLC:

46565055