Worldly Wonder: Religions Enter Their Ecological PhaseHistory illustrates the power of religion to bring about change. Mary Evelyn Tucker describes how world religions have begun to move from a focus on God-human and human-human relations to encompass human-earth relations. She argues that, in light of the environmental crisis, religion should move from isolated orthodoxy to interrelated dialogue and use its authority for liberation rather than oppression. |
Contents
Change and Continuity | 12 |
Problems and Promise | 18 |
Multireligious | 27 |
Reclaiming | 36 |
Restoration | 50 |
Global Forum Moscow 1990 | 111 |
Union of Concerned | 124 |
CatholicOrthodox Joint | 143 |
The Institute for World Religions | 159 |
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