Ecological Imaginations in the World Religions

An Ethnographic Analysis

By: Dr Tony Watling

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Hardcover | 1 May 2009 | Edition Number 1

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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.

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"In this breath taking analysis across a wide variety of religious traditions from East and West, we are invited to explore the religious innovation that allows ecotopian visions to come to the surface in contemporary religious environmentalism. This book is valuable on a number of levels, not only for its accurate and penetrating analysis of an impressive range of religious ecological traditions, but also in the task of re-educating those who incorrectly believe that religion lacks a positive role in contemporary societies. I also believe that even those caught up to some extent as participants in this varied cultural ferment - such as ecotheologians like myself - have much to learn and appreciate from this fascinating and thought provoking study." - Professor Celia Deane-Drummond, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Chester, UK

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