David L Gosling

Religion and Ecology in India and Southeast Asia (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Examines the part Hinduism and Buddhism could play in resolving ecological problems facing the Indian sub-continent and South East Asia. Based on extensive fieldwork and placed in the context of religious change in the region.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134551774
• Artikelnr.: 42640836

Autorenporträt

David L. Gosling trained as a nuclear physicist and more recently was the first Spalding Fellow in Religions at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, where he is currently based. He was Director of Church and Society at the World Council of Churches at the University of Geneva and has published widely on environmental issues in south Asia.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Ecology and Hindu traditions 3. Ecology and
modern India 4. Struggles for the forests 5. Ecology and Buddhism 6.
Thailand: a case study 7. India since Independence 8. Signs of hope 9.
Expanding our horizons