Faith in Conservation : New Approaches to Religions and the Environment

The authors explore the ecological worldviews of eleven major world religions, and consider how these can help shape effective environmental policy. At the heart of this book is a discussion of how religions can work with environment- and developme...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Palmer, Martin, Finlay, Victoria
Format: Publication
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/08/2622131/faith-conservation-new-approaches-religions-environment
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15083
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Summary:The authors explore the ecological worldviews of eleven major world religions, and consider how these can help shape effective environmental policy. At the heart of this book is a discussion of how religions can work with environment- and development-focused organizations, both to provide alternative models of conservation approaches, and to develop programs for their own faithful. The world's religions can - through storytelling, celebration, practice, spiritual guidance, activism in their communities, and advocacy worldwide - be powerful, and effective partners in a wide range of conservation initiatives. The book includes a collection of the faiths' core statements on conservation, brought together for the first time.