Worldviews, Religion, and the Environment: A Global Anthology

by Richard C. Foltz (Editor)

Perhaps unprecedented in scope, this anthology explores current environmental and ecological issues amidst the various worldviews, cultures, and traditions that constitute the world's major religions. Presenting a global conceptual landscape in part one with selections that focus on the spiritual and environmental crises associated with modernity, this volume, with typical skillful editing in part two, distills all of the major world religions' perspectives-Eastern, Western, and newly emerging-on contemporary ecological issues. Part three rounds out this extraordinary collection of insights with an exploration of other cross-cutting motifs in today's enviro-cultural criticism, including radical environmentalism, ecofeminism, ecojustice, and the rising voice of the Global South.

620 pages, Paperback

First published June 25, 2002

Reviews

[Zach Strickland]

Read several of these essays in a 300-level religion course focused on the intersections of Religion and Ecology. Very compelling writings compiled into a well-organized anthology. Cannot recommend enough to any scholars interested in these areas.

[Jenna (Falling Letters)]

Good collection, lots of variety, but assumes you know a lot about certain subjects - a lot of things in the articles about the Abrahamic traiditons went over my head. Would've liked more explanatory commentary by the editor. I read this book for a basic religious studies course, though, so this book would probably be a great read for someone more familiar with religious studies.