Sacred Landscapes and Cultural Politics
Sacred Landscapes and Cultural Politics
Planting a Tree
Arnold, Philip P.; Gold, Ann Grodzins
Taylor & Francis Ltd
08/2001
224
Dura
Inglês
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The topic of concern for environmental degradation at local and global levels is a politically charged issue. This collection of essays explores some of the ways different religious perceptions and cultural values affect human beings' understandings of their relationship with nature.
Contents: Introduction; Contested Cultural Politics: Isaac and the Elk: nature's unnatural acts, Lynda Sexson; Alternative geographies: from cosmography to geography, John Rennie Short; Of tee shirts and tree seedlings: the hidden problems with religion and the environment dialogues, Jane Marie Law; Once and Future Sacred Landscapes: Sacred landscapes of Kirinyaga: indigenous and early Islamic and Christian influences, Alfonso Peter Castro and Adelle Tibbetts; No nature apart: Adivasi cosmovision and ecological discourses in Jharkhand, India, Pramod Parajuli; Story, ritual and environment in Rajasthan, Ann Grodzins Gold; Planting a Tree: We plant a tree of peace: the Syracuse University tree-planting ceremony, Chief Jake Swamp and Anna M. Schein; Sacred landscapes of New York State and the problem of religion in America, Philip P. Arnold; Bibliography.
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The topic of concern for environmental degradation at local and global levels is a politically charged issue. This collection of essays explores some of the ways different religious perceptions and cultural values affect human beings' understandings of their relationship with nature.
Contents: Introduction; Contested Cultural Politics: Isaac and the Elk: nature's unnatural acts, Lynda Sexson; Alternative geographies: from cosmography to geography, John Rennie Short; Of tee shirts and tree seedlings: the hidden problems with religion and the environment dialogues, Jane Marie Law; Once and Future Sacred Landscapes: Sacred landscapes of Kirinyaga: indigenous and early Islamic and Christian influences, Alfonso Peter Castro and Adelle Tibbetts; No nature apart: Adivasi cosmovision and ecological discourses in Jharkhand, India, Pramod Parajuli; Story, ritual and environment in Rajasthan, Ann Grodzins Gold; Planting a Tree: We plant a tree of peace: the Syracuse University tree-planting ceremony, Chief Jake Swamp and Anna M. Schein; Sacred landscapes of New York State and the problem of religion in America, Philip P. Arnold; Bibliography.
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