1st Edition
On the Significance of Religion in Climate Change
1. Summary of Implications for Academics, Policymakers, and Practitioners across and between Religious and Secular Contexts
Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa, Kalzang Dorjee Bhutia, Lan T. Chu, and Youssef Chouhoud
2. Why Religion Matters for Responding to Climate Change: An Introduction
Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa, Lan T. Chu, Kalzang Dorjee Bhutia, and Youssef Chouhoud
3. Relating to the Rising Waters and Warming Land: Indigenous Religions and Climate Change
Kalzang Dorjee Bhutia and Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa
4. Doctrine, Praxis, and Public Opinion: Islam’s Call for Environmental Stewardship and the Varied Ways It Is Answered (and Ignored)
Youssef Chouhoud
5. Compassion and Interdependence in the Age of Changing Climates: Buddhist Understandings of Human-Environmental Relationships in the Anthropocene
Kalzang Dorjee Bhutia and Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa
6. Concerned About Climate: The Catholic Church, Environmental Stewardship, and the Challenge to Brazil’s Bolsonaro
Lan T. Chu
7. Now What? Implications for Academics, Policymakers, and Practitioners Across and Between Religious and Secular Contexts
Kalzang Dorjee Bhutia, Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa, Lan T. Chu, and Youssef Chouhoud
Biography
Lan T. Chu is a Professor of Diplomacy and World Affairs at Occidental College.
Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Asian Studies at Occidental College.
Kalzang Dorjee Bhutia is a research associate in the Hidden Stories: New Approaches to the Local and Global History of the Book project at the University of Toronto and Princeton University.
Youssef Chouhoud is an Associate Professor of Political Science affiliated with the Reiff Center for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution at Christopher Newport University.
"On the Significance of Religion in Climate Change was written with impact in mind: it is relatively jargon free [and] it clearly identifies how policy makers and scientists
can make use of knowledge about religion... the book provides an instructive point of entry into the burgeoning scholarly conversation about religion and climate change appropriate for non-specialists, especially students or sustainability professionals who lack familiarity with ‘religion’."- Evan Berry, Arizona State University in the Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, Volume 20, 2026
