The Wiley Blackwell companion to religion and ecology / edited by John Hart.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Title Page; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Faith Traditions and Ecology; Creation Stories and Inspiration; Dissemination of Faith Traditions; Resistance to Religions' Ecological Teachings; Space Limitations on Religions' Consideration; Environment, Ecology, and Economics; Philosophical Ethics and Ethics-in-Context; The Contributors'Approaches to Religion and Ecology; The Contributors' Insights; The Companion in Context; Acknowledgments; I.{u2002}Religions and Ecological Consciousness; CHAPTER 1: God is Absolute Reality and All Creation His Tajallī (Theophany)

IntroductionThe Metaphysical Foundation; The Role of Religion; Man and the Natural Order; Consciousness; The Face of God; The Role of Man in Relation to Nature; The Obstacle of Scientism; An Islamic Philosophy of Nature; CHAPTER 2: Swaraj; Introduction; Chipko and the Story of the Forest; Navdanya and the Story of the Seed; CHAPTER 3: Eco-Kabbalah; Maimonides; Kabbalah and Eco-theology; Sefirotic Play; Holism; The Earth or Cosmos as Divine Body and Image; God's Image within the World; Rabbinic Roots and Modern Branches; Dualism and Repairing the Cosmos; Ethics; Contemplation and Ritual

A Spirit-Centered Civilization and'The Principle of the Two-Dimensional Cross'The Principle of the Cross; The Convergence of Science and Religion; The Forum of the Cross and the Yoko Civilization; The Great Opportunity for the Renaissance of Sukyo; CHAPTER 6: In the Time of the Sacred Places; Minwenzha; Sacred Stories; Sacred Places; Related Peoples: Nur and Human; Copper and Iron, or Wild Rice and Water; The Predator Returns; Doko'oosliid, Kachinas Mountain, and Recycled Ski Areas; The Auction of the Sacred; Return to Sacred Lifeways; The Living Industrial Predator

Sacred Places Renewed, Sacred Stories Retold, Sacred Lives RelivedCHAPTER 7: Eco-Theology in the African Diaspora; Eco-Theology; CHAPTER 8: Buddhist Interdependence and the Elemental Life; The Study of Buddhism and Ecology; The Buddhist Worldview; Buddhist Practice: Elemental Meditations; Seeing the Buddha; Past Life Stories of the Buddha; The Ruby-Eyed, Silver-Clawed Blue Bear; Buddhist Ecological Leaders and the Gyalwa Karmapa; Conclusion; CHAPTER 9: Theodao; A Theanthropocosmic Vision: Both a New and an Ancient Cosmology; Theodao (Theology of Dao): A New Paradigm of Asian Theology

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