A growing chorus of voices has suggested that the world's religions may become critical actors as the climate crisis unfolds, particularly in light of international paralysis on the issue. In recent years, many faiths have begun to address climate change and its consequences for human societies, especially the world's poor. This is the first volume to use social science to examine how religions are helping to address one of the most significant and far-reaching challenges of our time.
While there is a growing literature in theology and ethics about climate change and religion, little research has been previously published about the ways in which religious institutions, groups and individuals are responding to the problem of climate change. Seventeen research-driven chapters are written by sociologists, anthropologists, geographers and other social scientists. This book explores what effects religions are having, what barriers they are running into or creating, and what this means for the global struggle to address climate change.
| ISBN: | 9781138656536 |
| Publication date: | 4th February 2016 |
| Author: | Robin Globus Veldman, Andrew Szasz, Randolph HaluzaDeLay |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 344 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research |
| Genres: |
Climate change Environmental economics Religion: general Environmentalist thought and ideology Environmental policy and protocols Anthropology Politics and government |
A growing chorus of voices has suggested that the world's religions may become critical actors as the climate crisis unfolds, particularly in light of international paralysis on the issue. In recent years, many faiths have begun to address climate change and its consequences for human societies, especially the world's poor. This is the first volume to use social science to examine how religions are helping to address one of the most significant and far-reaching challenges of our time.
While there is a growing literature in theology and ethics about climate change and religion, little research has been previously published about the ways in which religious institutions, groups and individuals are responding to the problem of climate change. Seventeen research-driven chapters are written by sociologists, anthropologists, geographers and other social scientists. This book explores what effects religions are having, what barriers they are running into or creating, and what this means for the global struggle to address climate change.
How the World's Religions Are Responding to Climate Change features in the following genres: Climate change, Environmental economics, Religion: general, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Environmental policy and protocols, Anthropology, Politics and government
How the World's Religions Are Responding to Climate Change is available in Paperback
How the World's Religions Are Responding to Climate Change was written by Robin Globus Veldman, Andrew Szasz, Randolph HaluzaDeLay and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
How the World's Religions Are Responding to Climate Change has 344 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research series
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