Grounding Religion

Author : Whitney A. Bauman,Richard Bohannon,Kevin J. O'Brien
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781136931451

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Grounding Religion by Whitney A. Bauman,Richard Bohannon,Kevin J. O'Brien Pdf

How do religion and the natural world interact with one another? Grounding Religion introduces students to the growing field of religion and ecology, exploring a series of questions about how the religious world influences and is influenced by ecological systems. Grounding Religion examines the central concepts of ‘religion’ and ‘ecology’ using analysis, dialogical exchanges by established scholars in the field, and case studies. The first textbook to encourage critical thinking about the relationships between the environment and religious beliefs and practices, it also provides an expansive overview of the academic field of religion and ecology as it has emerged in the past forty years. The contributors introduce students to new ways of thinking about environmental degradation and the responses of religious people. Each chapter brings a new perspective on key concepts such as sustainability, animals, gender, economics, environmental justice, globalization and place. Discussion questions and contemporary case studies focusing on topics such as Muslim farmers in the US and Appalachian environmental struggles help students apply the perspective to current events, other media, and their own interests.

Author : Whitney A. Bauman,Richard Bohannon,Kevin J. O'Brien
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781351795845

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Grounding Religion by Whitney A. Bauman,Richard Bohannon,Kevin J. O'Brien Pdf

Now in its second edition, Grounding Religion explores relationships between the environment and religious beliefs and practices. Established scholars introduce students to the ways in which religion shapes human–earth relations, surveying a series of questions about how the religious world influences and is influenced by ecological systems. Case studies, discussion questions, and further reading enrich students’ experience. This second edition features updated content, including revisions of every chapter and new material on natural disasters, gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, climate change, food, technology, and hope and despair. 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.

Author : Whitney Bauman,Richard R. Bohannon,Kevin James O'Brien
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : BODY, MIND & SPIRIT
ISBN : 1315639041

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Grounding Religion by Whitney Bauman,Richard R. Bohannon,Kevin James O'Brien Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : OCLC:1101750269

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Grounding Religion by Anonim Pdf

Author : Kenneth R. Overberg
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725235007

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Roots & Branches by Kenneth R. Overberg Pdf

"Kenneth Overberg has written a gem of a book that is greatly needed both in introductory courses in theology and in parish renewal programs. In attempting to explore the complex relationship between human experience and organized religion, Overberg begins with an appreciation of the transcendent depths of human experience, with the realization that there is 'more there than meets the eye,' and moves skillfully on to the ways in which modern people can reflect and articulate their experience of depth. He then draws upon both Jewish and Christian roots, expressed through the experience of Moses and Jesus, to demonstrate how our experience can be clarified, challenged, and enlarged through encounter with these traditions without the tired apologetics. In addition, as he develops the communal nature of such traditional religions he does not shy away from their attendant problems and constant need for reform. Overberg writes with disarming clarity. He has taken the jargon of the theological vernacular and has put it into words we can both understand and use. Indeed, this is essential if we are ever to renew the churches from the roots up. Highly recommended for parish renewal programs, introductory courses in theology, and for private explorations. --Good News 17.1 (January 1990) "Roots and Branches is clear, concise, challenging toward reflection, with enough theological references to make it stimulating to the parish audience without being overbearing. In particular, what caught my attention was the chapter on 'Corrupting Trends.'" --Jane Myers, Director of Faith Formation "Father Overberg presents contemporary theology incisively and yet with a simplicity that can be understood by the average reader. His approach begins where people live, in the experience of love, loss, sorrow and joy: in the highs and lows of everyday events. He demonstrates that it is in such human experience that one can meet the 'Beyond within,' the mysterious God for whom so many of us search. This book will prove useful in adult religious education, in the many growing renewal movements, and in the RCIA." --Brennan Hill, author of Jesus the Christ and Exploring Catholic Theology: God, Jesus, Church, and Sacrament

Author : Herman Philipse
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107161733

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Reason and Religion by Herman Philipse Pdf

Combines philosophical investigations concerning the truth of religious convictions with empirical research on the origins and functions of religious beliefs. This book focuses on two core questions: (1) How probable is it that any particular god exists? (2) How should we account for the occurrence of religious beliefs in human societies?

Author : William Wainwright
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2004-12-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198031581

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The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Religion by William Wainwright Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Religion contains newly commissioned chapters by 21 prominent experts who cover the field in a comprehensive but accessible manner. Each chapter is expository, critical, and representative of a distinctive viewpoint.

Author : Kenneth R. Overberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1556124570

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Roots & Branches by Kenneth R. Overberg Pdf

Author : David E. Guinn
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 0739117645

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Faith on Trial by David E. Guinn Pdf

Faith on Trial explains how the Supreme Court's reliance on "procedural liberalism" hampers its ability to adequately address the reality of religion as a pluralistic social institution.

Author : Karen Murphy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781136178863

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State Security Regimes and the Right to Freedom of Religion and Belief by Karen Murphy Pdf

The question of to what extent, manifestations of religious beliefs should be permitted in the European public sphere has become a salient and controversial topic in recent years. Despite the increasing interest however, debates have rarely questioned the conventional wisdom that an increase in the range of security measures employed by a government inevitably leads to a decrease in the human rights enjoyed by individuals. This book analyses the relationship between state security regime changes and the right to religious freedom in the EU. It presents a comparative analysis of the impact these regime changes have had on the politics, policies and protections of religious freedom across the EU member states in the post-2001 environment. The book provides a timely investigation into the role of national legislation, the European Court of Human Rights, and societal trends in the protection of religious freedom, and in so doing demonstrates why the relationship between state security and religious freedom is one of the most socially significant challenges facing policymakers and jurists in Europe at the present time.

Author : Wilhelm Gräb,Lars Charbonnier
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110348651

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Religion and Human Rights by Wilhelm Gräb,Lars Charbonnier Pdf

Current processes of globalization are challenging Human Rights and the attempts to institutionalize them in many ways. The question of the connection between religion and human rights is a crucial point here. The genealogy of the Human Rights is still a point of controversies in the academic discussion. Nevertheless, there is consensus that the Christian tradition – especially the doctrine that each human being is an image of God – played an important role within the emergence of the codification of the Human Rights in the period of enlightenment. It is also obvious that the struggle against the politics of apartheid in South Africa was strongly supported by initiatives of churchy and other religious groups referring to the Human Rights. Christian churches and other religious groups do still play an important role in the post-apartheid South Africa. They have a public voice concerning all the challenges with which the multiethnic and economically still deeply divided South African society is faced with. The reflections on these questions in the collected lectures and essays of this volume derive from an academic discourse between German and South African scholars that took place within the German-South African Year of Science 2012/13.

Author : Willis J. Jenkins,Mary Evelyn Tucker,John Grim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317655336

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Routledge Handbook of Religion and Ecology by Willis J. Jenkins,Mary Evelyn Tucker,John Grim Pdf

The moral values and interpretive systems of religions are crucially involved in how people imagine the challenges of sustainability and how societies mobilize to enhance ecosystem resilience and human well-being. The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Ecology provides the most comprehensive and authoritative overview of the field. It encourages both appreciative and critical angles regarding religious traditions, communities, attitude, and practices. It presents contrasting ways of thinking about "religion" and about "ecology" and about ways of connecting the two terms. Written by a team of leading international experts, the Handbook discusses dynamics of change within religious traditions as well as their roles in responding to global challenges such as climate change, water, conservation, food and population. It explores the interpretations of indigenous traditions regarding modern environmental problems drawing on such concepts as lifeway and indigenous knowledge. This volume uniquely intersects the field of religion and ecology with new directions within the humanities and the sciences. This interdisciplinary volume is an essential reference for scholars and students across the social sciences and humanities and for all those looking to understand the significance of religion in environmental studies and policy.

Author : Julia Kindt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521110921

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Rethinking Greek Religion by Julia Kindt Pdf

Explores 'polis religion' - a leading paradigm in current studies on ancient Greek religion - and shows ways of moving beyond it.

Author : Lucas F. Johnston
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781040048092

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Key Thinkers in Religion and Environment by Lucas F. Johnston Pdf

Key Thinkers in Religion and Environment provides a theoretical foundation for scholarship related to the intersection of religions, natures and cultures across disciplines. The text introduces students to the major names, theoretical issues, and methodological orientations of the field while giving professors maximum freedom to insert case studies and examples as they wish. Students will come away with an understanding of the most important scholars, their theoretical contributions, and the scholarly conundrums with which they wrestled. The book includes figures who are foundational to the field of religious studies more broadly, foregrounding key themes in their works which highlight the “nature” in/of their argumentation, whilst also highlighting the voices of women and people of color. The thinkers come from a range of fields, including religious studies, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, American Indian studies, ethology, agroecology, theology, and environmental history, demonstrating the importance and impact of interdisciplinary research. The book also offers a theoretical orientation which illuminates methodological and theoretical deficits in religious studies more generally, whilst opening new avenues for thinking about environmental ethics. It is a must-read for all students and researchers of religion and the environment.

Author : Richard Bohannon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441108340

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Public Religion and the Urban Environment by Richard Bohannon Pdf

'Nature' and the 'city' have most often functioned as opposites within Western culture, a dichotomy that has been reinforced (and sometimes challenged) by religious images. Bohannon argues here that cities and natural environments, however, are both connected and continually affected by one another. He shows how such connections become overt during natural disasters, which disrupt the narratives people use to make sense of the world,including especially religious narratives, and make them more visible. This book offers both a theoretical exploration of the intersection of the city, nature, and religion, as well as a sociological analysis of the 1997 flood in Grand Forks, ND, USA. This case study shows how religious factors have influenced how the relationship between nature and the city is perceived, and in particular have helped to justify the urban control of nature. The narratives found in Grand Forks also reveal a broader understanding of the nature of Western cities, highlighting the potent and ethically-rich intersections between religion, cities and nature.