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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825502603321

Titolo

Humankind and nature : an endangered system of interdependence in today's globalising world / / edited by Albert Wong and Artur K. Wardega

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4438-7352-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 p.)

Disciplina

201.77

Soggetti

Human ecology - Religious aspects

Human ecology - Philosophy

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

TABLE OF CONTENTS; NOTES ON EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD; I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; II; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; III; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; IV; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; AFTERWORD; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

As climate change continues to batter the coastlines of North America and elsewhere, and as extreme weather events provide abundant proof of its reality, religious leaders can no longer ignore the fact that the human has become a geologic force, a force that must be re-educated and re-formed in order to guarantee safe passage into a sustainable future. Hopefully, Jesuits and their lay partners can continue to provide leadership in regard to this issue, correctly identified by Fr Adolfo Nicolás, SJ, as a top priority.In this particular context, the role of religions and their valuable contribut