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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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| 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 | |