Varieties of religious engagement with climate change

TY - CHAP

T1 - Varieties of religious engagement with climate change

AU - Hulme, Michael

PY - 2015/10

Y1 - 2015/10

N2 - In exploring the relationship between religion and climate change this essay argues three things. First, it makes the case that religious thought and practice -- cosmologies, beliefs and perceptions, ethics and ways of life -- is important for understanding how the idea of climate change is given meaning in the contemporary world. Second, the meanings attached to climate change by different religious traditions will be diverse and at times contradictory. Third, more informed engagement with the world’s religions – on the part of scholars, advocates and politicians - is essential to shape the unfolding story of climate change and humanity.

AB - In exploring the relationship between religion and climate change this essay argues three things. First, it makes the case that religious thought and practice -- cosmologies, beliefs and perceptions, ethics and ways of life -- is important for understanding how the idea of climate change is given meaning in the contemporary world. Second, the meanings attached to climate change by different religious traditions will be diverse and at times contradictory. Third, more informed engagement with the world’s religions – on the part of scholars, advocates and politicians - is essential to shape the unfolding story of climate change and humanity.

M3 - Chapter

SN - 9781138789579

T3 - Routledge International Handbooks

SP - 239

BT - Routledge Handbook of Religion and Ecology

A2 - Jenkins, Willis J.

A2 - Tucker, Mary Evelyn

A2 - Grim, John

PB - Routledge

CY - Abingdon

ER -