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Now in its third edition, Grounding Religion explores relationships between the environment and religious beliefs and practices. Established scholars introduce students to the ways religion shapes and is shaped by human-earth relations, surveying a series of key issues and questions, with particular attention to issues of environmental degradation, social justice, ritual practices, and religious worldviews.
Case studies, discussion questions, and further readings enrich students' experience. This third edition features updated content, including revisions of every chapter and new material on religion and the environmental humanities, sexuality and queer studies, class, ability, privilege and power, environmental justice, extinction, biodiversity, and politics.
An excellent text for undergraduates and graduates alike, it offers an expansive overview of the academic field of religion and ecology as it has emerged in the past fifty years and continues to develop today.
List of contents
Introduction Whitney A. Bauman, Richard Bohannon, and Kevin J. O'Brien Part I: Concepts 1. Religion: What is it, Who Gets to Decide, and Why Does it Matter? Whitney A. Bauman, Richard Bohannon, and Kevin J. O'Brien 2. Grounding Religion in the Environmental Humanities Kate Rigby and Laurel Kearns 3. Ecology: Context, Interconnectedness, and Complexity Whitney A. Bauman, Richard Bohannon, and Kevin J. O'Brien Part II: Intersectional Locations 4. Taking Indigeneity Seriously Dana Lloyd 5. Gender Amanda M. Nichols 6. Sexuality and Queer Studies Whitney A. Bauman 7. The Poor of the Earth Miguel de la Torre 8. Race Carol Wayne White 9. Disability Lisa D. Powell 10. Privilege and Power Laura M. Hartman and Kevin J. O'Brien Part III: Issues 11. Climate Change Laurel Kearns 12. Animals: Community Hope and Community Liberation Sarah Withrow King 13. Vegetarianism, Religion, and Food Catherine L. Newell 14. Energy Terra Schwerin Rowe 15. Justice Otherwise Nicole Hoskins 16. Extinction Stefan Skrimshire 17. Biodiversity and Cultural Diversity Maria Nita 18. Politics Emma Tomalin 19. Place Brian G. Campbell 20. Canceling the Apocalypse: Defiant Hope as a Call to Action in the Climate Era Sarah McFarland Taylor Index
About the author
Whitney A. Bauman is Professor of Religious Studies at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, Florida, USA.
Richard Bohannon is Associate Professor of Individualized and Interdisciplinary Studies at Metropolitan State University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Kevin J. O'Brien is Professor of Religion at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington, USA.
Summary
The third edition of Grounding Religion includes revisions of every chapter and new material on religion and the environmental humanities, sexuality and queer studies, class, ability, privilege and power, environmental justice, extinction, biodiversity, and politics.
