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Religion and Ecological Crisis delves into the complex relationship between religions and ecology, presenting Christian and Islamic perspectives on ecological issues through the work of John Boswell Cobb and Seyyed Hossein Nasr. It examines how faith traditions of the world see and respond to our current unprecedented climate change issues.
This is the first comparative study of Cobb and Nasr's eco-religious understanding, and explores how their prescriptions can contribute alternatively to techno-scientific initiatives in environmental sustainability. Taking Cobb's "economism" and Nasr's "scientism" as the key concepts for surveying the roots of the ecological crisis, the book offers interdisciplinary and interreligious insights into the debates about ecological equilibrium, motivational awareness in human mind and about entanglements between religion and the environment.
This will be an insightful resource for policy makers, faith leaders and for academics working in Environmental Studies and Religious Studies.
List of contents
Prefaces, Forewords, 1 Introduction: Orientation, Research Methodology and Significances of the Study 2 The Relevance of Religions to Environmental Issues 3 John B. Cobb's Christian Eco-theological Views and Environmental Issues 4 Seyyed Hossein Nasr's Islamic Eco-religious Views and the Environmental Crisis 5 Comparison and Appraisal of the Eco-Religious Understanding of John B. Cobb and Seyyed Hossein Nasr 6 Conclusion: Summary of the Study and Recommendations
About the author
Md. Abu Sayem is an Associate Professor in World Religions and Culture at the University of Dhaka. His research interest includes religions and environmental issues, human responsibilities to nature, eco-religions, eco-theology, eco-spirituality, ecological equilibrium, moral traditions and environmental sustainability, ecological justice, eco-Islam, multifaith dialogue on ecological crisis, environmental ethics, multifaith initiatives for reducing environmental problems, religions and environmental problems in Bangladesh, etc.
Summary
Religion and Ecological Crisis delves into the relationship between religions and ecology, presenting Christian and Islamic perspectives on ecological issues through the work of John Boswell Cobb and Seyyed Hossein Nasr. It examines how faith traditions of the world see and respond to our current unprecedented climate change issues.
