Religion and Sustainability : Social Movements and the Politics of the Environment

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnston, Lucas F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental ethics.

Environmental justice.

Religion and politics.

Sustainability--Religious aspects.

Environmental ethics--Religious aspects.

Sustainability.

Local Subjects:

Environmental ethics.

Environmental justice.

Religion and politics.

Sustainability--Religious aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sustainability is now key to international and national policy, manufacture and consumption. It is also central to many individuals who try to lead environmentally ethical lives. Historically, religion has been a significant part of many visions of sustainability. Pragmatically, the inclusion of religious values in conservation and development efforts has facilitated relationships between people with different value structures. Despite this, little attention has been paid to the interdependence of sustainability and religion, and no significant comparisons of religious and secular sustainabili

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction and reader's guide; Part I: Defining Religion and Sustainability, and Why It Matters; 1. The stakes of sustainability and its religious dimensions; 2. Defining the terms: religion and sustainability; 3. Sustainability as a contagious meme; Part II: The Emergence and Development of Sustainability; 4. The genesis and globalization of sustainability; 5. The religious dimensions of sustainability at the nexus of civil society and international politics

6. The contributions of natural and social sciences to the religious dimensions of sustainabilityPart III: The Ethnographic Data and Sustainability Cases; 7. Walking together separately: evangelical creation care; 8. Stories of partnership: interfaith efforts toward sustainability; 9. The religious dimensions of secular sustainability; 10. Manufacturing or cultivating common ground?; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-254) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-72913-X

1-317-54501-X

9781315729138

OCLC:

856413211