| Religion and Ecology in India and Southeast Asia Contributor(s): Gosling, David L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415240301 ISBN-13: 9780415240307 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $190.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2001 Annotation: "Religion and Ecology in India and Southeast Asia" examines how Hindu and Buddhist traditions could play a crucial role in solving ecological problems in those regions. Considering these traditions from both a historical and contemporary perspective, Gosling bases his arguments on extensive fieldwork and frames it by the socio-political context of religious change in India and Southeast Asia. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Ethics - Religion | Eastern |
| Dewey: 294.517 |
| LCCN: 2001019224 |
| Lexile Measure: 1520 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.38" W x 9.46" (1.02 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Indian - Religious Orientation - Buddhist - Religious Orientation - Hindu |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What part can Hindu and Buddhist traditions play in resolving the ecological problems facing India and South East Asia? David Gosling's exciting study, based on extensive fieldwork, is of global significance: the creation of more sustainable relationships between people and the natural world is one of the most urgent social and environmental problems of the new millennium. David Gosling looks at the religions historically and from a contemporary perspective. |