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This is the first comprehensive survey of the critical connections between religion, nature and the environment. It includes writings from sacred texts and a broad spectrum of new eco-theological selections. Historical and contemporary selections from key authors and a multicultural range of sources make This Sacred Earth an invaluable teaching resource and a unique introduction to the theory and practice of religious environmentalism.
| Preface and Acknowledgments | ||
| Introduction: Religion in an Age of Enviromnental Crisis | 1 | |
| Pt. I | The Moment of Seeing Selections from Nature Writers Linking Nature and Spirit | 15 |
| from "Walking" | 18 | |
| from Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape | 21 | |
| from The Sense of Wonder | 23 | |
| "Nature" | 25 | |
| from Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf | 27 | |
| from A Sand County Almanac | 29 | |
| "Teaching a Stone to Talk" | 32 | |
| "The Kill Hole" | 37 | |
| "House of Wood" | 41 | |
| Pt. II | How Have Traditional Religions Viewed Nature? | 45 |
| "The Creation" | 50 | |
| "Death and Rebirth of the Universe" (Hindu) | 55 | |
| "The Parade of Ants" (Hindu) | 56 | |
| "The Five Suns" (Aztec) | 59 | |
| "Persephone" (Greek) | 60 | |
| from Forests: The Shadow of Civilization | 63 | |
| from the Tao Te Ching | 67 | |
| Hebrew Bible: Selections | 71 | |
| from Legends of the Bible | 84 | |
| "Jews, Jewish Texts, and Nature: A Brief History" | 87 | |
| "Christianity as Ecologically Harmful" | 104 | |
| "Christianity as Ecologically Responsible" | 116 | |
| "Traditional Native Hawaiian Environmental Philosophy" | 125 | |
| from American Indian Ecology | 131 | |
| "Early Buddhist Views on Nature" | 147 | |
| "Satyagraha for Conservation: Awakening the Spirit of Hinduism" | 151 | |
| "Islamic Environmental Ethics: Law and Society" | 164 | |
| "African Views of the Universe" | 174 | |
| Pt. III | Ecotheology in an Age of Environmental Crisis Transforming Tradition | 181 |
| "The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis" | 184 | |
| "The Greening of Religion" | 194 | |
| "The Ecological Crisis: A Common Responsibility" | 230 | |
| "Creation and the Covenant of Caring" | 238 | |
| "Basis for Our Caring" | 243 | |
| "A Report to the World Council of Churches" | 251 | |
| "Christianity and Ecology" | 270 | |
| "The Scope of the Body: The Cosmic Christ" | 286 | |
| "What is Eco-Kosher?" | 297 | |
| "Vegetarianism: A Kashrut for our Age" | 301 | |
| "Getting Out of Our Own Light" | 303 | |
| "African-American Resources for a More Inclusive Liberation Theology" | 309 | |
| Pt. IV | Ecotheology in an Age of Environmental Crisis Ecofeminist Spirituality | 317 |
| "Ecofeminism: Symbolic and Social Connections of the Oppression of Women and the Domination of Nature" | 322 | |
| "Ecofeminism and Canon" | 334 | |
| "Ecology Is a Sistah's Issue Too: The Politics of Emergent Afrocentric Ecowomanism" | 346 | |
| from Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her | 361 | |
| "The Woman I Love is a Planet; The Planet I Love is a Tree" | 364 | |
| "Messages from the Past: The World of the Goddess" | 369 | |
| from Staying Alive | 382 | |
| "The Rainbow Bridge" | 386 | |
| "The Clan of One-Breasted Women" | 390 | |
| "Destabilizing Patriarchal Consumption" | 397 | |
| Pt. V | Ecotheology in an Age of Environmental Crisis Spiritual Deep Ecology | 403 |
| "The Fawn" | 407 | |
| "Man and Creature" | 408 | |
| "Into the Future" | 410 | |
| "Faith, Power, and Ecology" | 415 | |
| "Trees, Forestry, and the Responsiveness and of Creation" | 423 | |
| "Transpersonal Ecology and the Varieties of Identification" | 436 | |
| Pt. VI | Religious Practice for a Sacred Earth | 445 |
| "Earth Gathas" | 449 | |
| "Blessings and Praise" | 451 | |
| "Bal Tashchit" | 459 | |
| "Wiwanyag Wachipi: The Sun Dance" | 470 | |
| "A Service of Worship: The Earth is the Lord's - A Liturgy of Celebration, Confession, Thanksgiving, and Commitment" | 480 | |
| "The Greening of Buddhist Practice" | 484 | |
| "Invocation" | 499 | |
| "Gaia Meditations" | 501 | |
| "Evolutionary Remembering" | 503 | |
| "The Blessing of the Water" | 507 | |
| Pt. VII | Ecology Religion, and Society | 511 |
| "Spiritual Deep Ecology and the Left: An Attempt at Reconciliation" | 516 | |
| "Beyond Humanism, Modernity, and Patriarchy" | 532 | |
| "Ten Key Values of the American Green Movement" | 534 | |
| from Caring for Creation | 537 | |
| "Earth First!: From Primal Spirituality to Ecological Resistance" | 545 | |
| "On Sustainability" | 558 | |
| "Paradise Polluted: Religious Dimensions of the Vrindavana Ecology Movement" | 565 | |
| "African Independent Churches Face the Challen |
Overview
This is the first comprehensive survey of the critical connections between religion, nature and the environment. It includes writings from sacred texts and a broad spectrum ...