Global Religious Environmental Activism: Emergi, Kohrsen, Blanc, Huber..

Name: Global Religious Environmental Activism: Emergi, Kohrsen, Blanc, Huber..
Brand: Routledge

Routledge

Religious Environmental ActivismEmerging Conflicts and Tensions in Earth Stewardship\nAuthor(s): Jens Khrsen, Julia Blanc, Fabian Huber\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367862534, 978-0367862534\nSynopsis\nThis volume explores how religious and spiritual actors engage for environmental protection and fight against climate change. Climate change and sustainability are increasingly prominent topics among religious and spiritual groups. Different faith traditions have developed \""green\"" theologies, launched environmental protection projects and issued public statements on climate change. Against this background, academic scholarship has raised optimistic claims about the strong potentials of religions to address environmental challenges. Taking a critical stance with regard to these claims, the chapters in this volume show that religious environmentalism is an embattled terrain. Tensions are an inherent part of rel.