Religious Environmentalism
What it is, Where it’s Heading and Why We Should be Going in the Same Direction
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/jsrnc.v1i1.81Keywords:
religion, nature, cultureAbstract
My topic is the important and unprecedented phenomenon of religious environmentalism. In its most compressed form my message is simple: religious environmentalism is good for environmentalism, good for religion, and good for the earth community. I will also hazard a few thoughts on the role scholars can play in this movement.
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