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This paper is based on the response to the panel on Economics and Ecology at the “National Consultation on Church Reformed: Always reforming. Celebration of 500th year of Reformation and 80th year of Re-Thinking Christianity Movement of India”, conference held at Ecumenical Christian Centre in Bangalore, 25th-27th April 2017.
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How does our faith affect how we think about and respond to climate change? Climate Politics and the Power of Religion is an edited collection that explores the diverse ways that religion shapes climate politics at the local, national, and international levels. Drawing on case studies from across the globe, it stands at the intersection…
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A conference exploring social justice and the church Environmental issues—immediate issues such as land use, mining, and access to water, and long term issues such as climate change—have been major sources of conflict in Latin America in recent years. What role has religion played in these conflicts? Have religious beliefs inspired or supported environmental efforts? Have church institutions…
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A book that asks, “How does faith affect how we think about and respond to climate change?” There’s no time left to equivocate. Climate change is undeniable, and as world governments and organizations begin to bring due focus to the crisis, we must understand the specific role that religion plays in climate change policy. This…
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WASHINGTON, DC, 29 October 2015 — I shot and produced this film while on assignment this summer in the Ecuadorian Amazon for American University’s Center for Latin American and Latino Studies (CLALS). See http://www.american.edu/clals/Religio… I spent three weeks shooting only with an iPhone 6+ onto which I had downloaded the FilmicPro app. I also connected…
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Environmental Implications of Urban Settlements: Issues of Urban Ecology in the Middle East
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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…
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There are two important reasons to get serious about religion and ecology in Indonesia. First, in the past decade environmental problems in Indonesia, where forests make it one of the most important “lung systems” of the world, have shown the tendency to get worse. Ironically, this trend seems to coincide with the start of the…
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Johns Islanders fight to hold onto their ancestral land, Gullah / Geechee culture, and trees amid the threat of land loss due to overdevelopment and climate change related sea level rise in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. Their story is reflected in the fight to protect the Angel Oak, a beloved live oak tree that…
