Spirit of the Environment

Spirit of the Environment

Spirit of the Environment brings spiritual and religious concerns to environmental issues. Providing a much needed alternative to exploring human beings' relationship to the natural world through the restrictive lenses of science, ecology, or even morality, this book offers a fresh perspective to the field.

Spirit of the Environment addresses:

• the environmental attitudes of the major religions;
• the relationship between art and nature;
• the Gaia hypothesis;
• the non-instrumental values which have inspired environmental concern.

Contributors range from a variety of disciplines including philosophy, comparative religion, education and social anthropology, providing students with an intriguing survey on the role that spirituality and religion play in nature.

This is a vital collection for those eager to examine the relationship between the spiritual and the environment.