Lexington Books
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978-0-7391-7295-7 • Hardback • January 2012 • $49.00 • (£38.00)
978-0-7391-8438-7 • Paperback • June 2013 • $48.99 • (£38.00)
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Clifford Chalmers Cain is professor of religious studies at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri.
Preface
Religion and the Environment
Introduction to article by Paul Brockelman
Paul Brockelman, “With New Eyes: Seeing the Environment as a Spiritual Issue”
Judaism and the Environment
Introduction to article by Eric Katz
Eric Katz, “Nature as Subject: Human Obligation and Natural Community”
Christianity and the Environment
Introduction to article by Iain Provan
Iain Provan, “The Land Is Mine and You Are Only Tenants: Earth-Keeping and People-keeping in the Old Testament”
Introduction to article by Clifford Chalmers Cain
Clifford Chalmers Cain, “Stewardship as a Work of Art”
Introduction to article by Elizabeth Theokritoff
Elizabeth Theokritoff, “The Orthodox Church and the Environmental Movement”
Islam and the Environment
Introduction to article by Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Seyyed Hossein Nasr, “Religion and the Resacralization of Nature”
Native American Traditions and the Environment
Introduction to Letter attributed to Chief Seattle
“Letter Attributed to Chief Seattle”
Introduction to article by David Kinsley
David Kinsley, “Native American Religion”
Introduction to article by Joel Martin
Joel Martin, “The Land Looks After Us”
Hinduism and the Environment
Introduction to article by Christopher Key Chapple
Christopher Key Chapple, “Ecological Nonviolence and the Hindu Tradition”
Buddhism and the Environment
Introduction to article by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
His Holiness the Dalai Lama, [“A Buddhist Perspective on Nature”]
Introduction to article by Susan Darlington
Susan Darlington, “Rethinking Buddhism and Development: The Emergence of Environmentalist Monks in Thailand”
Sikhism and the Environment
Introduction to article by Gopinder Kaur Sagoo
Gopinder Kaur Sagoo, “Our Environment and Us: A Sikh Perspective”
Introduction to article by S. Lourdunathan
S. Lourdunathan, “Ecosophical Concerns in the Sikh Tradition”
Taoism and Confucianism and the Environment
Introduction to article by Mary Evelyn Tucker
Mary Evelyn Tucker, “Ecological Themes in Taoism and Confucianism”
List of Contributors
Index
The essays in this much-needed and well-edited anthology provide up-to-date reflection on religious themes and teachings that can help us think about the proper place of humans in earth’s ecosystems. Many Heavens, One Earth is at once readable enough for beginners and authoritative enough for use by scholars. Clifford Chalmers Cain has done a great service for religious scholarship and the world in assembling this collection of readings.
— Marti J. Steussy, Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis