Clifford Chalmers Cain

Many Heavens, One Earth

Readings on Religion and the Environment

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Many Heavens, One Earth is a collection of first-person voices from nine of the world religions. In fifteen articles, devotees and scholars reveal the contributions these traditions make to informing and motivating an ecological response to the environmental issues that beset planet earth. The spiritual messages of world religions have an indispensable and decisive role to play in addressing these environmental problems, for, at their root, these ecological issues are spiritual problems: Unless greed is replaced by moderation and sharing, materialism by spiritual insights and values, consumerism by restraint and simpler living, exploitatio… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-7391-7295-7
EAN: 9780739172957
Produktnummer: 12131499
Verlag: Lexington Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 202 S.
Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D1.6 cm 471 g
Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Gewicht: 471

Über den Autor

Clifford Chalmers Cain is Harrod-C.S. Lewis professor of religious studies at Westminster College in Missouri. The holder of two doctorates, Professor Cain's academic work is situated at the intersection of religion and the environment, the current conversation between theology and science, and in dialogue among the world's religions. He is also a clergyman with credentials recognized by several Christian traditions. This is his tenth book.