1st Edition

Key Thinkers in Religion and Environment Theoretical Foundations

By Lucas F. Johnston Copyright 2025
210 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

210 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

210 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Key Thinkers in Religion and Environment provides a theoretical foundation for scholarship related to the intersection of religions, natures and cultures across disciplines. The text introduces students to the major names, theoretical issues, and methodological orientations of the field while giving professors maximum freedom to insert case studies and examples as they wish. Students will... Read more

1. Edward B. Tylor (Anthropology): “From Human Phantoms to Animal Persons”  2. Emile Durkheim (Sociology): “Religion Is the Social Glue that Holds Society Together”  3. Mircea Eliade (Study of Religions): “Religion Is Real, Place-based, and Irreducible”  4. Rosemary Radford Ruether (Ecofeminist Theology): “God Looks Sexist When Viewed Through His/Stories”  5. Vine Deloria (Native American Religions and Law): “Sacred Geographies of American Indians: Negotiations and Networks”  6. Carolyn Merchant (Environmental History): “The Death of Nature and an Ethic of Care”  7. Wangari Maathai (Arboriculture): “Becoming a Hummingbird”  8. J. Baird Callicott (Environmental Philosophy): “From the Green Fire to Worldview Remediation”  9. Vandana Shiva (Physics, Agroecology): “Stolen Seeds, Simple Needs”  10. Jane Goodall (Biologist, UN Ambassador of Peace): “Morality Untamed” 

Biography

Lucas F. Johnston is Associate Professor of Religion and Environment at Wake Forest University, USA.