Purifying the Earthly Body of God: Religion and Ecology in Hindu India

An interdisciplinary exploration of the relationship between religion and environment in Hinduism.
Examining the relation between religion and ecological concern in Hinduism from textual, theological, anthropological, feminist, and eco-activist approaches, this volume brings together an international, interdisciplinary group of scholars. The book covers the most relevant aspects of the Hindu tradition, searching out the ecological implications of pilgrimage and sacred geography, earth and river goddesses, the beliefs and ritual practice of villagers, caste consciousness, and Vedanta, Tantra, and Goddess theologies.

About the author

Lance E. Nelson is Assistant Professor of Theological and Religious Studies at the University of San Diego.

Product details

• Assisted by: Lance E. Nelson (Editor)
• Publisher: Global Academic Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.1998
• EAN: 9780791439234
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-3923-4
• No. of pages: 366
• Weight: 671 g
• Series: Suny Series, Religious Studies; Suny Series in Religious Studi; Suny Series, Religious Studies; Suny Religious Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions