The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Ecology

694 Pages·2006·2.824 MB·English

by  Roger S. Gottlieb

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The Oxford handbook of religion and ecology / edited by Roger S. Gottlieb.
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1. Ecology—Religious aspects. I. Gottlieb, Roger S.
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Dedication
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(p. v) To every human being who has the courage to love;
And to the trees and birds, swamps and mountains, air, water, and earth—who sustain us
all. (p. vi)
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Acknowledgments
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Once again thanks to the supportive and extremely competent staff at Oxford University
Press, especially its editor for this book, Theo Calderara.
Roger S. Gottlieb, “Religious Environmentalism in Action,” first appeared in A Greener
Faith: Religious Environmentalism and Our Planet's Future (New York: Oxford University
Press, 2006). (p. viii)
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Abbreviations
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AAEC African Association of Earthkeeping Churches
AIC African Initiated Churches
AZTREC Association of Zimbabwean Traditional Ecologists
COEJL Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life
DEFRA Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
EEN Evangelical Environmental Network
ERN The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature. Edited by Bron  Raymond
Taylor. 2 vols. London: Continuum, 2005.
IEEN International Evangelical Environmental Network
NCC National Council of Churches
PG Patrologia graeca
PL Patrologia latina
UCC United Church of Christ
WCC World Council of Churches
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ZIRRCON Zimbabwean Institute of Religious Research  and Ecological
Conservation
(p. xiv)
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Contributors
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DAVID LANDIS BARNHILL is director of environmental studies and professor of
English at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh. He has published translations of the
Japanese nature poet Bashō (Bashō's Haiku and Bashō's Journey), edited an anthology
of nature essays (At Home on the Earth), coedited the anthology of essays Deep
Ecology and World Religions, and written articles on Gary Snyder. He is currently
working on a book analyzing radical politics in American nature writing.
JOHN BERTHRONG, educated in Sinology at the University of Chicago, has been the
associate dean for academic and administrative affairs and associate professor of
comparative theology at the Boston University School of Theology since 1989. Active
in interfaith dialogue projects and programs, his teaching and research interests are
in the areas of interreligious dialogue, Chinese religions, and comparative philosophy
and theology. His publications include All under Heaven: Transforming Paradigms in
Confucian-Christian Dialogue; The Transformations of the Confucian Way; and
Concerning Creativity: A Comparison of Chu Hsi, Whitehead, and Neville. He is
coeditor of a volume on Confucianism and ecology. In 1999 he published The Divine
Deli, a study of religious pluralism and multiple religious participation in North
America. Most recently he collaborated with Evelyn Nagai Berthrong on
Confucianism: A Short Introduction.
CHRISTOPHER KEY CHAPPLE is professor of theological studies and associate
academic vice president at Loyola Marymount University. He has published several
books, including Karma and Creativity; Nonviolence to Animals, Earth, and Self in
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Asian Traditions; and Reconciling Yogas. He has three books on the topic of religion
and ecology: Ecological Prospects: Religious, Scientific, and Aesthetic Perspectives;
Hinduism and Ecology: The Intersection of Earth, Sky, and Water (coeditor); and
Jainism and Ecology: Nonviolence in the Web of Life. He serves on the advisory
boards for the Green Yoga Association, the Forum on Religion and Ecology, the Global
Ethics and Religion Forum, the Ahimsa Center, and the Yadunandan Center for India
Studies.
JOHN CHRYSSAVGIS cofounded St. Andrew's Theological College in Sydney (1985),
where he was lecturer in the divinity school (1986–90) and the school of studies in
religion (1990–95) at the University of Sydney. In 1995 he was appointed professor
(p. xvi) of theology at Holy Cross School of Theology, directing the religious studies
program at Hellenic College until 2002 and serving as academic dean of both schools.
He established the environment office at the same school in 2001. His recent
publications include Soul Mending: The Art of Spiritual Direction; In the Heart of the
Desert: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers; Letters from the Desert: A
Selection from Barsanuphius and John; Light through Darkness; John Climacus: From
the Egyptian Desert to the Sinaite Mountain; and Beyond the Shattered Image. He
also edited the official volume on the ecological initiatives of the Ecumenical
Patriarch Bartholomew, Cosmic Grace, Humble Prayer, and serves as theological
advisor to the Ecumenical Patriarch on environmental issues.
JOHN B. COBB JR. received his graduate education at the University of Chicago
Divinity School. He is emeritus professor of theology at the Claremont School of
Theology and founding codirector of the Center for Process Studies. Among his
writings are Is It Too Late? A Theology of Ecology; The Liberation of Life: From the
Cell to the Community (coauthor); For the Common Good: Redirecting the Economy
toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future; Sustainability; and
The Earthist Challenge to Economism.
MARTHINUS L. DANEEL is emeritus professor of missiology at the University of
South Africa; currently part-time professor of missions at Boston University School of
Theology; codirector of the Center for Global Christianity and Mission; and director of
the Ecumenical Foundation of Zimbabwe for ongoing research and development work
in Zimbabwe. He studied and served African Initiated Churches in Zimbabwe for forty
years. His numerous publications on AICs and African traditional religion include
several rated as classics: God of the Matopo Hills; Quest for Belonging: Introduction
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to a Study of African Independent Churches; and Guerrilla Snuff (under the
pseudonym Mafuranhunzi Gumbo)—the latter recently selected as one of the seventy-
five classics of Zimbabwean literature of the twentieth century.
CALVIN B. DEWITT is professor of environmental studies in the Gaylord Nelson
Institute for Environmental Studies in the University of Wisconsin–Madison; president
emeritus of Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies, Mancelona, Michigan, and
Coupeville, Washington; cofounder of the Evangelical Environmental Network; and
the president of the Academy of Evangelical Scientists and Ethicists.
O. P. DWIVEDI, Order of Canada, PhD, LLD (hon.), FRS (Canada), is university
professor emeritus in the department of political science at the University of Guelph,
Canada. He has published thirty-two books on various subjects, including several on
environmental issues such as Environmental Crisis and Hindu Religion (coauthor);
World Religions and the Environment (edited); Environmental (p. xvii) Ethics: Our
Dharma to the Environment; India's Environmental Policies, Programmes, and
Stewardship; and Sustainable Development and Canada (coauthor).
RICHARD C. FOLTZ is associate professor of religion at Concordia University. He has
published numerous books and articles on issues dealing with the Muslim world,
particularly Iran.
ROGER S. GOTTLIEB is professor of philosophy at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He
is the author or editor of fourteen books and more than seventy articles on political
philosophy, religious life, the Holocaust, environmentalism, and disability. He is editor
of five academic book series; book review editor of Social Theory and Practice and
Capitalism, Nature, Socialism; on the editorial board of Worldviews; and has a column
in the national magazine Tikkun. His earlier books include This Sacred Earth:
Religion, Nature, Environment (known internationally as the first comprehensive
collection on the topic); A Spirituality of Resistance: Finding a Peaceful Heart and
Protecting the Earth; and Joining Hands: Politics and Religion Together for Social
Change. Most recently he has published A Greener Faith: Religious Environmentalism
and Our Planet's Future.
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