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- ISBN 9780415142021
- Weight: 317g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 12 Feb 1998
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Spirit of the Environment brings spiritual and religious concerns to environmental issues. Providing a much needed alternative to exploring human beings' relationship to the natural world through the restrictive lenses of 'science', 'ecology', or even 'morality', this book offers a fresh perspective to the field.
Spirit of the Enironment addresses:
* the environmental attitudes of the major religions;
* the relationship between art and nature;
* the Gaia hypothesis;
* the non-instrumental values which have inspired environmental concern.
Contributors range from a variety of disciplines including philosophy, comparative religion, education and social anthropology, providing students with an intriguing survey on the role that spirituality and religion play in nature.
This is a vital collection for those eager to examine the relationship between the spiritual and the environment.
David E.Cooper is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Durham.,
Joy A.Palmer is Reader in Education and Director of the Centre for Research on Environmental Thinking and Awareness at the University of Durham. Both have published widely; they are the editors of The Environment in Question (1992) and Just Environments (1995), also published by Routledge.
