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Grounding Religion: A Field Guide to the Study of Religion and Ecology book cover

3rd Edition

Grounding Religion A Field Guide to the Study of Religion and Ecology

Edited By Whitney A. Bauman, Richard Bohannon, Kevin J. O'Brien Copyright 2024
332 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

332 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

332 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Now in its third edition, Grounding Religion explores relationships between the environment and religious beliefs and practices. Established scholars introduce students to the ways religion shapes and is shaped by human–earth relations, surveying a series of key issues and questions, with particular attention to issues of environmental degradation, social justice, ritual practices, and... Read more
Introduction

Whitney A. Bauman, Richard Bohannon, and Kevin J. O’Brien

Part I: Concepts

1. Religion: What Is It, Who Gets to Decide, and Why Does It Matter?

Whitney A. Bauman, Richard Bohannon, and Kevin J. O’Brien

2. Grounding Religion in the Environmental Humanities

Kate Rigby and Laurel Kearns

3. Ecology: Context, Interconnectedness, and Complexity

Whitney A. Bauman, Richard Bohannon, and Kevin J. O’Brien

Part II: Intersectional Locations

4. Taking Indigeneity Seriously

Dana Lloyd

5. Gender

Amanda M. Nichols

6. Sexuality and Queer Studies

Whitney A. Bauman

7. The Poor of the Earth

Miguel A. de la Torre

8. Race

Carol Wayne White

9. Disability

Lisa D. Powell

10. Privilege and Power

Laura M. Hartman and Kevin J. O'Brien

Part III: Issues

11. Climate Change

Laurel Kearns

12. Animals: Community Hope and Community Liberation

Sarah Withrow King

13. Vegetarianism, Religion, and Food

Catherine L. Newell

14. Energy

Terra Schwerin Rowe

15. Justice Otherwise

Nicole Hoskins

16. Extinction

Stefan Skrimshire

17. Biodiversity and Cultural Diversity

Maria Nita

18. Politics

Emma Tomalin

19. Place

Brian G. Campbell

20. Canceling the Apocalypse: Defiant Hope as a Call to Action in the Climate Era

Sarah McFarland Taylor

Index

Biography

Whitney A. Bauman is Professor of Religious Studies at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, Florida, USA.

Richard Bohannon is Associate Professor of Individualized and Interdisciplinary Studies at Metropolitan State University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.

Kevin J. O’Brien is Professor of Religion at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington, USA.

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