Climate Politics and the Power of Religion

By: Ken Conca and Andrew Thompson and Ana Mariella Bacigalupo and Kelly D. Alley and J. Brent Crosson and David T. Buckley and Roger-Mark De Souza and Neeraj Vedwan

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Synopsis: How does our faith affect how we think about and respond to climate change?Climate Politics and the Power of Religion is an edited collection that explores the diverse ways that religion shapes climate politics at the local, national, and international levels. Drawing on case studies from across the globe, it stands at the intersection of religious studies, environment policy, and global politics.From small island nations confronting sea-level rise and intensifying tropical storms to high-elevation communities in the Andes and Himalayas wrestling with accelerating glacial melt, there is tremendous variation in the ways that societies draw on religion to understand and contend with climate change. Climate Politics and the Power of Religion offers 10 timely case studies that demonstrate how different communities render climate change within their own moral vocabularies and how such moral claims find purchase in activism and public debates about climate policy. Whether it be Hindutva policymakers in India, curanderos in Peru, or working-class people's concerns about the transgressions of petroleum extraction in Trinidad—religion affects how they all are making sense of and responding to this escalating global catastrophe.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 298 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780253059086
Related ISBNs:: 9780253059079, 9780253059062, 9780253059055
Publisher:: Indiana University Press
Date of Addition:: 05/17/22
Copyrighted By:: Indiana University Press
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Religion and Spirituality, Earth Sciences, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Evan Berry