Religion and Ecological Crisis by Todd LeVasseur, Anna Peterson - 9781138386112

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Religion and Ecological CrisisThe Lynn White Thesis at Fifty\nAuthor(s): Todd LeVasseur, Anna Peterson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138386112, 978-1138386112\nSynopsis\nIn 1967, Lynn White, [url] seminal article The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis was published, essentially establishing the academic study of religion and nature. White argues that religionsparticularly Western Christianityare a major cause of worldwide ecological crises. He then asserts that if we are to halt, let alone revert, anthropogenic damages to the environment, we need to radically transform religious cosmologies. Whites hugely influential thesis has been cited thousands of times in a variety of disciplines, including but not limited to religious studies, environmental ethics, history, ecological science, philosophy, psychology, and anthropology. \n\nIn practical terms, the ecological crisis to which White was responding has o.