This sacred earth : religion, nature, environment / edited by Roger S. Gottlieb.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gottlieb, Roger S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human ecology--Religious aspects.

Human ecology.

Philosophy of nature.

Ecofeminism.

Deep ecology--Religious aspects.

Deep ecology.

Physical Description:

xvii, 762 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2004.

Summary:

Updating a classic ground-breaking survey of religion's complex relationship to the environment, "This Sacred Earth," Second Edition reflects the last decade's tremendous growth and transformation of scholarly, theological, and activist religious environmentalism. Roger S. Gottlieb has added nearly forty new selections, retaining the strengths of the first edition and dramatically expanding the book's cross-cultural scope. From Christian ecotheology and Buddhist critiques of economic globalization to religious environmental activism and spiritual practices to celebrate the sacredness of nature, the book includes careful scholarship, groundbreaking theology, historical analysis, and accounts of real world struggles. Fully engaged with both the world's religious traditions and the worldwide environmental crisis, This Sacred Earth is an invaluable teaching resource and inspiring introduction to religion's complex relationship to the environment.

Contents:

Introduction: Religion in an Age of Environmental Crisis 1

Introduction to the Second Edition: Good News/Bad News 16

Part I The Moment of Seeing Selections from Nature Writers Linking Nature and Spirit 21

from the Haibun (trans. David Landis Barnhill) / Matsuo Basho 24

"On the Lure of the Country" / William Hazlitt 26

from "Walking" / Henry David Thoreau 29

"Nature" / Ralph Waldo Emerson 32

from Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf / John Muir 34

from A Sand County Almanac / Aldo Leopold 36

"Nature" / Luther Standing Bear 39

"Seeing the Light" / Robert Finch 43

"The Kill Hole" / Linda Hogan 46

Part II How Have Traditional Religions Viewed Nature? 51

"The Creation" / Fanetorens (Ray Fadden) 56

"Death and Rebirth of the Universe" (Hindu) / Joseph L. Henderson, Maud Oaks 61

"The Parade of Ants" (Hindu) / Joseph L. Henderson, Maud Oaks 62

"The Five Suns" (Aztec) / Joseph L. Henderson, Maud Oaks 65

"Persephone" (Greek) / Joseph L. Henderson, Maud Oaks 66

from Forests: The Shadow of Civilization / Robert Pogue Harrison 69

from the Tao Te Ching / Lao Tzu 73

Selections / Hebrew Bible 77

Selections / Qur'an 90

"Jews, Jewish Texts, and Nature: A Brief History" / Daniel Swartz 92

from Legends of the Bible / Louis Ginzberg 110

from "In and of the World: Christian Theological Anthropology and Environmental Ethics" / Anna Peterson 113

"Traditional Native Hawaiian Environmental Philosophy" / Michael Kioni Dudley 124

"Early Buddhist Views on Nature" / Chatsumarn Kabilsingh 130

"Illuminating Darkness: The Monk-Cave-Bat-Ecosystem Complex in Thailand" / Leslie E. Sponsel, Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel 134

"Satyagraha for Conservation: Awakening the Spirit of Hinduism" / O. P. Dwivedi 145

"Islamic Environmental Ethics, Law, and Society" / Mawil Y. Izzi Deen (Samarrai) 158

"Central African Voices on the Human-Environment Relationship" / Richard B. Peterson 168

"An Aboriginal Perspective on the Integrity of Creation" / Stan McKay 175

"Biodiversity and Tradition in Malaysia" / Patrick Segundad 180

"Learning to Connect Spirit, Mind, Body, and Heart to the Environment: A Healer's Perspective" / Lea Bill-Rippling Water Woman 186

Part III Ecotheology in an Age of Environmental Crisis Transforming Tradition 189

"The Historical Roots of our Ecological Crisis" / Lynn White 192

"The Ecological Crisis: A Common Responsibility" / Pope John Paul II 202

"Creation and the Covenant of Caring" / American Baptist Churches USA 210

"Basis for Our Caring" / Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 215

"Evangelical Declaration on the Environment" / Evangelical Environmental Network 223

"Address of His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew" / Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew 227

"Christianity and Ecology" / John F. Haught 232

"Protestant Theology and Deep Ecology" / John B. Cobb, Jr. 248

"The Scope of the Body: The Cosmic Christ" / Sallie McFague 262

"What is Eco-Kosher?" / Arthur Waskow 273

"African-American Resources for a More Inclusive Liberation Theology" / Theodore Walker, Jr. 277

"An Islamic Response to the Manifest Ecological Crisis: Issues of Justice" / Nawal H. Ammar 285

"Hinduism and Deep Ecology" / Christopher Key Chapple 300

"Beyond the Enlightenment Mentality" / Tu Weiming 316

"To Save All Beings: Buddhist Environmental Activism" / Stephanie Kaza 330

"Somebody, Not Something: Do Animals Have Souls?" / Gary A. Kowalski 351

"The Theological Basis of Animal Rights" / Andrew Linzey 355

"No Place to Hide: Spirituality, Avoidance, and Denial" / Roger S. Gottlieb 361

Part IV Ecotheology in an Age of Environmental Crisis: Ecofeminist Spirituality 383

"Ecofeminism: Symbolic and Social Connections of the Oppression of Women and the Domination of Nature" / Rosemary Radford Ruether 388

"The Trinity and Human Experience: An Ecofeminist Approach" / Ivone Gebara 400

"Ecology Is a Sistah's Issue Too: The Politics of Emergent Afrocentric Ecowomanism" / Shamara Shantu Riley 412

"Something or Nothing: An Eco-Womanist Essay on God, Creation, and Indispensability" / Karen Baker-Fletcher 428

"Sensuous Minds and the Possibilities of a Jewish Ecofeminist Practice" / Irene Diamond, David Seidenberg 438

"Messages from the Past: The World of the Goddess" / Riane Eisler 449

"The Rainbow Bridge" / Brooke Medicine Eagle 462

"The Chipko Women's Concept of Freedom" / Vandana Shiva 466

Part V Ecotheology in an Age of Environmental Crisis: Spiritual Deep Ecology 471

"The Fawn" / Edna St. Vincent Millay 475

"The Ecology of Magic" / David Abram 476

"Into the Future" / Thomas Berry 492

"Faith, Power, and Ecology" / Joanna Macy 497

from The Others: How Animals Made us Human / Paul Shepard 505

Part VI Religious Practice for a Sacred Earth 509

"Dance to Heal the Earth" / Dee Smith 513

"Earth Gathas" / Thich Nhat Hanh 515

"Blessings and Praise" and "Bal Tashchit" / Ellen Bernstein, Dan Fink 517

"Wiwanyag Wachipi: The Sun Dance" / Black Elk 536

"Worship Resources, Earth Day Sunday" / National Council of Churches 546

"Invocation" / John Seed 550

"Gaia Meditations" / John Seed, Joanna Macy 552

"Evolutionary Remembering" / John Seed, Pat Fleming 554

"The Blessing of the Water" / Marina Lachecki 558

Part VII Ecology, Religion, and Society 563

"Saving the World: Religion and Politics in the Environmental Movement" / Roger S. Gottlieb 568

"Environmental Justice, Neopreservationism, and Sustainable Spirituality" / Mark I. Wallace 596

"Reinhabiting Religion: Green Sisters, Ecological Renewal, and the Biogeography of Religious Landscape" / Sarah McFarland Taylor 613

"Interview with Cesar Chavez" / Catherine Ingram 634

"Redwood Rabbis" / Seth Zuckerman 644

"Of Telescopes, Squirrels, and Prayers: The Mt. Graham Controversy" / Evelyn Martin 647

"Mhondoro: Spirit Lions and Sacred Forests" / Bruce Byers 651

"Seeking Eco-Justice in the South African Context" / Ernst Conradie, Charity Majiza, Jim Cochrane, Welile T. Sigabi, Victor Molobi, David Field 661

"On Sustainability" / B. D. Sharma 681

"Globalization and the Perennial Question of Justice" / Mary John Mananzan 688

"Sacred Rivers, Sacred Dams: Competing Visions of Social Justice and Sustainable Development along the Narmada" / William F. Fisher 695

"Statements by United Church of Christ on Environmental Racism in St. Louis" / United Church of Christ 712

"Race, Sacrifice, and Native Lands" / Jonna Higgins-Freese, Jeff Tomhave 716

"The Cochabamba Declaration on Water: Globalization, Privatization, and the Search for Alternatives" / Coordinadora de Defensa del Agua y de la Vida (Coalition in Defense of Water and Life) 721

"Street Trees" / Melody Ermachild Chavis 723

"Statement on Global Warming and Climate Change by North Carolina's Religious and Spiritual Leaders" / Interfaith Global Climate Change Campaign, North Carolina Chapter 727

"Principles of Environmental Justice" / The First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit 729

"Statement by Religious Leaders at the Summit on Environment" / Religious Leaders at the Summit on Environment 731

"Declaration of the 'Mission to Washington'" / Joint Appeal by Religion and Science for the Environment 735

"Catholic Social Teaching and Environmental Ethics" / United States Catholic Conference 738.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 745-753).

ISBN:

0415943590

0415943604

OCLC:

52721149