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Preface and Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction: Religion in an Age of Environmental Crisis | |
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Introduction to the Second Edition: Good News/Bad News | |
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The Moment of Seeing Selections from Nature Writers Linking Nature and Spirit | |
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from the Haibun (trans. David Landis Barnhill) | |
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"On the Lure of the Country" | |
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from "Walking" | |
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"Nature" | |
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from Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf | |
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from A Sand County Almanac | |
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"Nature" | |
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"Seeing the Light" | |
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"The Kill Hole" | |
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How Have Traditional Religions Viewed Nature? | |
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"The Creation" | |
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"Death and Rebirth of the Universe" (Hindu) | |
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"The Parade of Ants" (Hindu) | |
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"The Five Suns" (Aztec) | |
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"Persephone" (Greek) | |
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from Forests: The Shadow of Civilization | |
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from the Tao Te Ching | |
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Selections | |
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"Jews, Jewish Texts, and Nature: A Brief History" | |
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from Legends of the Bible | |
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from "In and of the World: Christian Theological Anthropology and Environmental Ethics" | |
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"Traditional Native Hawaiian Environmental Philosophy" | |
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"Early Buddhist Views on Nature" | |
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"Illuminating Darkness: The Monk-Cave-Bat-Ecosystem Complex in Thailand" | |
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"Satyagraha for Conservation: Awakening the Spirit of Hinduism" | |
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"Islamic Environmental Ethics, Law, and Society" | |
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"Central African Voices on the Human-Environment Relationship" | |
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"An Aboriginal Perspective on the Integrity of Creation" | |
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"Biodiversity and Tradition in Malaysia" | |
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"Learning to Connect Spirit, Mind, Body, and Heart to the Environment: A Healer's Perspective" | |
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Ecotheology in an Age of Environmental Crisis Transforming Tradition | |
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"The Historical Roots of our Ecological Crisis" | |
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"The Ecological Crisis: A Common Responsibility" | |
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"Creation and the Covenant of Caring" | |
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"Basis for Our Caring" | |
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"Evangelical Declaration on the Environment" | |
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"Address of His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew" | |
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"Christianity and Ecology" | |
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"Protestant Theology and Deep Ecology" | |
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"The Scope of the Body: The Cosmic Christ" | |
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"What is Eco-Kosher?" | |
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"African-American Resources for a More Inclusive Liberation Theology" | |
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"An Islamic Response to the Manifest Ecological Crisis: Issues of Justice" | |
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"Hinduism and Deep Ecology" | |
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"Beyond the Enlightenment Mentality" | |
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"To Save All Beings: Buddhist Environmental Activism" | |
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"Somebody, Not Something: Do Animals Have Souls?" | |
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"The Theological Basis of Animal Rights" | |
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"No Place to Hide: Spirituality, Avoidance, and Denial" | |
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Ecotheology in an Age of Environmental Crisis: Ecofeminist Spirituality | |
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"Ecofeminism: Symbolic and Social Connections of the Oppression of Women and the Domination of Nature" | |
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"The Trinity and Human Experience: An Ecofeminist Approach" | |
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"Ecology Is a Sistah's Issue Too: The Politics of Emergent Afrocentric Ecowomanism" | |
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"Something or Nothing: An Eco-Womanist Essay on God, Creation, and Indispensability" | |
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"Sensuous Minds and the Possibilities of a Jewish Ecofeminist Practice" | |
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"Messages from the Past: The World of the Goddess" | |
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"The Rainbow Bridge" | |
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"The Chipko Women's Concept of Freedom" | |
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Ecotheology in an Age of Environmental Crisis: Spiritual Deep Ecology | |
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"The Fawn" | |
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"The Ecology of Magic" | |
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"Into the Future" | |
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"Faith, Power, and Ecology" | |
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from The Others: How Animals Made us Human | |
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Religious Practice for a Sacred Earth | |
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"Dance to Heal the Earth" | |
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"Earth Gathas" | |
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"Blessings and Praise" and "Bal Tashchit" | |
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"Wiwanyag Wachipi: The Sun Dance" | |
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"Worship Resources, Earth Day Sunday" | |
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"Invocation" | |
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"Gaia Meditations" | |
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"Evolutionary Remembering" | |
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"The Blessing of the Water" | |
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Ecology, Religion, and Society | |
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"Saving the World: Religion and Politics in the Environmental Movement" | |
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"Environmental Justice, Neopreservationism, and Sustainable Spirituality" | |
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"Reinhabiting Religion: Green Sisters, Ecological Renewal, and the Biogeography of Religious Landscape" | |
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"Interview with Cesar Chavez" | |
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"Redwood Rabbis" | |
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"Of Telescopes, Squirrels, and Prayers: The Mt. Graham Controversy" | |
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"Mhondoro: Spirit Lions and Sacred Forests" | |
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"Seeking Eco-Justice in the South African Context" | |
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"On Sustainability" | |
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"Globalization and the Perennial Question of Justice" | |
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"Sacred Rivers, Sacred Dams: Competing Visions of Social Justice and Sustainable Development along the Narmada" | |
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"Statements by United Church of Christ on Environmental Racism in St. Louis" | |
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"Race, Sacrifice, and Native Lands" | |
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"The Cochabamba Declaration on Water: Globalization, Privatization, and the Search for Alternatives" | |
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"Street Trees" | |
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"Statement on Global Warming and Climate Change by North Carolina's Religious and Spiritual Leaders" | |
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"Principles of Environmental Justice" | |
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"Statement by Religious Leaders at the Summit on Environment" | |
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"Declaration of the 'Mission to Washington'" | |
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"Catholic Social Teaching and Environmental Ethics" | |
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Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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Websites on Religion and the Environment | |
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Environmental Organizations | |
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About the Contributors | |