History 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.
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Would recommend for a thorough, insightful, inspiring discussion of the role religions are beginning to play in the ecological crisis. -- Earthlight, Vol. 14 No. 3, Spring 2005
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To re-envision our role as citizens of the universe,
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This review is from: Worldly Wonder: Religions Enter Their Ecological Phase (Master Hsuan Hua Memorial Lecture) (Paperback)
In Worldly Wonder, Mary Evelyn Tucker argues that the challenge for modern world religion is to re-envision our role as citizens of the universe and members of a global community. To this end, chapters discuss how religious structures and thoughts can influence such diverse topics as environmental preservation, resource management, and conflicts between tradition and modernity.
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AS WE SURVEY OUR HUMAN PROSPECTS on the threshold of this new millennium, we find our global situation fraught with particular irony. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
planetary expression, ecological phase, religious cosmologies, universe story Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United Nations, United States, Professor Tucker, New York, Earth Charter, Latin America, American Museum of Natural History, Hall of Biodiversity, Parliament of World Religions New!
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AS WE SURVEY OUR HUMAN PROSPECTS on the threshold of this new millennium, we find our global situation fraught with particular irony. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
planetary expression, ecological phase, religious cosmologies, universe story Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United Nations, United States, Professor Tucker, New York, Earth Charter, Latin America, American Museum of Natural History, Hall of Biodiversity, Parliament of World Religions New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Worldviews and Ecology (Bucknell Review) by Mary Evelyn Tucker in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- For The Common Good: Redirecting the Economy toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future by Herman E. Daly on page 91
- Pilgrim in Chinese Culture: Negotiating Religious Diversity by Judith A. Berling in Front Matter
- West Germany (Countries of the World) by Barbara Einhorn in Back Matter
- Educating for Eco-Justice and Community by C. A. Bowers on page 85
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- Globalization And Catholic Social Thought: Present Crisis, Future Hope by John A. Coleman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Jesus Today: A Spirituality of Radical Freedom by Albert Nolan in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Feminist Theologies: Legacy and Prospect by Rosemary Radford Ruether in Back Matter
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