Forward - How the world’s religions are responding to climate change: social scientific investigations

TY - CHAP

T1 - Forward - How the world’s religions are responding to climate change: social scientific investigations

AU - Hulme, Michael

PY - 2014/1/15

Y1 - 2014/1/15

N2 - The rhythms of the sky have long been companions of human thought and ritual. From the frigid north to the torrid tropics they have induced wonder and fear, whilst also offering comfort and assurance. Alongside intense yet predictable diurnal and seasonal weather cycles, comes the unreliable and unfeeling performance of climate from year-to-year and from generation-to-generation. A mere dry season is not a drought; and winter is not an ice age. It is little wonder then that human anxieties and hopes – and hence many of our spiritual longings – have been bound up with the skies. Religions have found many ways to make sense of these cruel fates, acknowledging our dependence on powers beyond our control and giving thanks for mercies and blessings received. Climate and religion have a long history of interdependency.

AB - The rhythms of the sky have long been companions of human thought and ritual. From the frigid north to the torrid tropics they have induced wonder and fear, whilst also offering comfort and assurance. Alongside intense yet predictable diurnal and seasonal weather cycles, comes the unreliable and unfeeling performance of climate from year-to-year and from generation-to-generation. A mere dry season is not a drought; and winter is not an ice age. It is little wonder then that human anxieties and hopes – and hence many of our spiritual longings – have been bound up with the skies. Religions have found many ways to make sense of these cruel fates, acknowledging our dependence on powers beyond our control and giving thanks for mercies and blessings received. Climate and religion have a long history of interdependency.

KW - Religious Studies

KW - Climate Change

UR - https://www.routledge.com/products/9780415640343

M3 - Chapter

SN - 9780415640343

T3 - Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research

SP - xii

BT - How the world’s religions are responding to climate change: social scientific investigations

A2 - Veldman, Robin

A2 - Szasz, Andrew

A2 - Haluza-Delay, Randolph

PB - Routlegde

CY - Abingdon

ER -