Confucianism and Ecology - The Interrelation of Heaven, Earth, and Humans

Examines the ecological crisis and Confucianism from three perspectives: historical, describing Confucianism's views on nature, ethics and cosmology; dialogical, linking Confucianism to other traditions; and examination of engaged Confucianism, looking at its involvement in ecological issues.

About the author

Mary Evelyn Tucker is Senior Lecturer, Yale Divinity School.John Berthrong is Associate Dean for Academic and Administrative Affairs, Boston University School of Theology.Peter K. Bol is Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University.William Theodore de Bary was John Mitchell Mason Professor of the University, Emeritus, and Provost Emeritus at Columbia University.Tu Wei-ming is Director of the Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, Peking University, and Harvard-Yenching Professor of Chinese History and Philosophy and of Confucian Studies, Emeritus, Harvard University. He directed the Harvard-Yenching Institute from 1996 to 2008.Lawrence E. Sullivan is Emeritus Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame, and former Director of the Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard University.

Summary

These 16 essays address the ecological crisis and the question of Confucianism from three perspectives: the historical describes the tradition's views of nature, social ethics, and cosmology; a dialogical approach links Confucianism to other traditions; an examination of engaged Confucianism looks at its involvement in concrete ecological issues.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Evelyn Tucker
• Assisted by: John Berthrong (Editor), Berthrong John (Editor), Mary E. Tucker (Editor), Mary Evelyn Tucker (Editor), Tucker Mary Evelyn (Editor)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.08.1998
• EAN: 9780945454168
• ISBN: 978-0-945454-16-8
• Weight: 662 g
• Illustrations: 2 halftones, 2 maps
• Series: Religions of the World and Ecology; Religions of the World and Ecology; Religions of the World & Ecology (HUP); Religions of the World & Ecology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, RELIGION / Confucianism, Applied ecology, Confucianism