Ecological imaginations in the world religions : an ethnographic analysis / / Tony Watling

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785210803321
• Autore: Watling Tony
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2009
• ISBN: 1-4725-4898-1; 1-282-87592-2; 9786612875922; 1-4411-7460-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• Collana: Continuum religious studies
• Disciplina: 201/.77
• Soggetti: Human ecology - Religious aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [198]-222) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The modern world-view, the ecological model and the reimagination of nature -- Religious environmentalism : reimagining and revitalizing nature and religion -- Indian (Hindu and Jain) visions -- Chinese (Confucian and Daoist) visions -- Buddhist visions -- Jewish visions -- Christian visions -- Islamic visions.
• Sommario/riassunto: "The field of religion and ecology is an emerging and growing movement that is becoming relevant and influential in the world. It seeks to analyse, encourage, inspire, use, compare, and combine religious traditions to engage and shape environmental issues. Tony Watling seeks to ethnographically analyse this important field and its expressions. In particular, he analyses and compares its explorations of different world religions for ecological themes and the resulting expressions of ecological visions, in what he terms 'religious ecotopias' - idealized, environmentally-friendly re-imaginings of nature and humanity, and correspondingly religion, which seek to influence environmental attitudes."--Bloomsbury Publishing.