Learning Love from a Tiger : Religious Experiences with Nature / / Daniel Capper

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910798290803321
• Autore: Capper Daniel
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• ISBN: 0-520-96460-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (314 pages)
• Disciplina: 202.12
• Soggetti: Nature - Religious aspects; Animals - Religious aspects; Animals (Philosophy); Human-animal relationships - Philosophy; Human-animal relationships - 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. All the Christian Birds Chanted -- 2. The Donkey Who Communed with Allah -- 3. Hindu Trees Tremble with Ecstasy -- 4. Sharing Mayan Natural Souls -- 5. Friendly Yetis -- 6. Enlightened Buddhist Stones -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Learning Love from a Tiger explores the vibrancy and variety of humans' sacred encounters with the natural world, gathering a range of stories culled from Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Mayan, Himalayan, Buddhist, and Chinese shamanic traditions. Readers will delight in tales of house cats who teach monks how to meditate, shamans who shape-shift into jaguars, crickets who perform Catholic mass, rivers that grant salvation, and many others. In addition to being a collection of wonderful stories, this book introduces important concepts and approaches that underlie much recent work in environmental ethics, religion, and ecology. Daniel Capper's light touch prompts readers to engage their own views of humanity's place in the natural world and question longstanding assumptions of human superiority.