Muslim Environmentalisms - Religious and Social Foundations

Gade explores the religious and cultural foundations of Islamic environmentalisms. She blends textual and ethnographic study to offer a comprehensive and interdisciplinary account of the legal, ethical, social, and political principles underlying Muslim commitments to the earth.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
1. History of Religions, Islam, and Environmental Humanities
2. Islam and the Environment: Pluralism and Development
3. A Qur'anic Environment: Relating Creatures and Resources
4. Roots and Branches of Islamic Environmental Justice, Law, and Ethics
5. Islamic Humanities: Apprehending Symbol, Expression, and Natural Science
6. Muslim Environmentalism as Religious Practice: Accounts of the Unseen
7. From This World to the Next
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Anna M. Gade

Summary

Anna M. Gade explores the religious and cultural foundations of Islamic environmentalisms. She blends textual and ethnographic study to offer a comprehensive and interdisciplinary account of the legal, ethical, social, and political principles underlying Muslim commitments to the earth.

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Product details

• Authors: Anna M. Gade, Professor Anna M. Gade, Gade Anna M.
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9780231191050
• ISBN: 978-0-231-19105-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Islam, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, RELIGION / Eastern, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, RELIGION / Islam / General, RELIGION / Religion & Science, The environment, nature; concervation; religion; Islam