Religion and Sustainable Agriculture - World Spiritual Traditions and Food Ethics

Informationen zum Autor Todd LeVasseur is visiting assistant professor in the religious studies department and director of environmental studies at the College of Charleston. Pramod Parajuli currently serves as associate faculty for the PhD program in sustainability education at Prescott College, and has published on the themes of political ecology, religion and ecology, sustainability education, and learning gardens. Norman Wirzba is professor of theology, ecology, and rural life at Duke Divinity School and research professor in the Nicholas School for the Environment at Duke. He is the author or editor of several books, including The Essential Agrarian Reader: The Future of Culture, Community, and the Land and Food and Faith: A Theology of Eating . Klappentext Distinct practices of eating are at the heart of many of the world's faith traditions--from the Christian Eucharist to Muslim customs of fasting during Ramadan to the vegetarianism and asceticism practiced by some followers of Hinduism and Buddhism. What we eat, how we eat, and whom we eat with can express our core values and religious devotion more clearly than verbal piety. In this wide-ranging collection, eminent scholars, theologians, activists, and lay farmers illumina Zusammenfassung Distinct practices of eating are at the heart of many of the world's faith traditions -- from the Christian Eucharist to Muslim customs of fasting during Ramadan to the vegetarianism and asceticism practiced by some followers of Hinduism and Buddhism.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Todd (EDT)/ Parajuli Levasseur, Todd Parajuli Levasseur, Vandana Shiva
• Con la collaborazione di: Todd Levasseur (Editore), Pramod Parajuli (Editore), Norman Wirzba (Editore)
• Editore: University Press of Kentucky
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9780813167978
• ISBN: 978-0-8131-6797-8
• Pagine: 394
• Serie: Culture of the Land; Culture of the Land
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Agricoltura, giardinaggio; silvicoltura, pesca, alimentazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia