World Religions, the Earth Charter, and Sustainability
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This article argues the global environmental crisis shows the need for a broad, inclusive definition of sustainability. It shows how religious traditions can help contribute to broader definitions, and describes how work from the field of Religion and Ecology has developed resources. It argues that the next step for the study of Religion and Ecology is to address sustainability, and then proposes that the Earth Charter provides an orienting framework for that engagement of religion and sustainability.
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World Religions, the Earth Charter, and Sustainability
In: Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and EcologySearch for other papers by Mary Evelyn Tucker in
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Abstract
This article argues the global environmental crisis shows the need for a broad, inclusive definition of sustainability. It shows how religious traditions can help contribute to broader definitions, and describes how work from the field of Religion and Ecology has developed resources. It argues that the next step for the study of Religion and Ecology is to address sustainability, and then proposes that the Earth Charter provides an orienting framework for that engagement of religion and sustainability.
| All Time | Past 365 days | Past 30 Days | |
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| Abstract Views | 861 | 165 | 26 |
| Full Text Views | 405 | 6 | 0 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 420 | 19 | 0 |