Religion and Sustainability [[electronic resource] ] : Social Movements and the Politics of the Environment

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462595603321
• Autore: Johnston Lucas F
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Durham, : Acumen, 2013
• ISBN: 1-84465-777-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (284 p.)
• Disciplina: 201/.77
• Soggetti: Environmental ethics; Environmental justice; Religion and politics; Sustainability -- Religious aspects; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction and reader's guide""; ""Part I introduction""; ""1. The stakes of sustainability and its religious dimensions""; ""2. Defining the terms""; ""3. Sustainability as a contagious meme""; ""Part II introduction""; ""4. The genesis and globalization of sustainability""; ""5. The religious dimensions of sustainability...""; ""6. The contributions of natural and social sciences...""; ""Part III introduction""; ""7. Walking together separately""; ""8. Stories of partnership""; ""9. The religious dimension of secular sustainability""""10. Manufacturing or cultivating common ground?""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""