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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Main Authors: Palmer, Martin, Finlay, Victoria
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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
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spelling okr-10986-150832021-04-23T14:03:12Z Faith in Conservation : New Approaches to Religions and the Environment Palmer, Martin Finlay, Victoria AIR ANTHROPOLOGY ATHEISM BELIEFS BUDDHISM BUDDHISTS CHRISTIANITY CHRISTIANS CHURCH COURTESY CREATION ECOSYSTEMS EVIL FAITH FAITHS FAMILIES FATE GOD HINDUISM HINDUS HOUSING IMAGES ISLAM JAINISM JUDAISM LAWS MAGIC MASS MEDIA MINISTERS MISSIONARIES MODEM MUSLIMS NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NETWORKS PARTNERSHIP PHILOSOPHY PILGRIMS PLURALISM PRIESTS PRINTING RABBIS REALITY RELIGION RELIGIONS RELIGIOUS ASPECTS SACRED TEXTS SACRIFICE SCHOOLS SHINTO SHINTOISM SHOW HOW SIKHISM SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY SOILS SPIRITS SUSTAINABLE GROWTH THEOLOGY TRUTH VIOLENCE WASTE ZOROASTRIANISM 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. 2013-08-14T20:27:29Z 2013-08-14T20:27:29Z 2003-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/08/2622131/faith-conservation-new-approaches-religions-environment 0-8213-5559-7 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15083 English en_US Directions in Development; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication
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topic AIR
ANTHROPOLOGY
ATHEISM
BELIEFS
BUDDHISM
BUDDHISTS
CHRISTIANITY
CHRISTIANS
CHURCH
COURTESY
CREATION
ECOSYSTEMS
EVIL
FAITH
FAITHS
FAMILIES
FATE
GOD
HINDUISM
HINDUS
HOUSING
IMAGES
ISLAM
JAINISM
JUDAISM
LAWS
MAGIC
MASS MEDIA
MINISTERS
MISSIONARIES
MODEM
MUSLIMS
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
NETWORKS
PARTNERSHIP
PHILOSOPHY
PILGRIMS
PLURALISM
PRIESTS
PRINTING
RABBIS
REALITY
RELIGION
RELIGIONS
RELIGIOUS ASPECTS
SACRED TEXTS
SACRIFICE
SCHOOLS
SHINTO
SHINTOISM
SHOW HOW
SIKHISM
SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY
SOILS
SPIRITS
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
THEOLOGY
TRUTH
VIOLENCE
WASTE
ZOROASTRIANISM
spellingShingle AIR
ANTHROPOLOGY
ATHEISM
BELIEFS
BUDDHISM
BUDDHISTS
CHRISTIANITY
CHRISTIANS
CHURCH
COURTESY
CREATION
ECOSYSTEMS
EVIL
FAITH
FAITHS
FAMILIES
FATE
GOD
HINDUISM
HINDUS
HOUSING
IMAGES
ISLAM
JAINISM
JUDAISM
LAWS
MAGIC
MASS MEDIA
MINISTERS
MISSIONARIES
MODEM
MUSLIMS
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
NETWORKS
PARTNERSHIP
PHILOSOPHY
PILGRIMS
PLURALISM
PRIESTS
PRINTING
RABBIS
REALITY
RELIGION
RELIGIONS
RELIGIOUS ASPECTS
SACRED TEXTS
SACRIFICE
SCHOOLS
SHINTO
SHINTOISM
SHOW HOW
SIKHISM
SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY
SOILS
SPIRITS
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
THEOLOGY
TRUTH
VIOLENCE
WASTE
ZOROASTRIANISM
Palmer, Martin
Finlay, Victoria
Faith in Conservation : New Approaches to Religions and the Environment
relation Directions in Development;
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Publication
author Palmer, Martin
Finlay, Victoria
author_facet Palmer, Martin
Finlay, Victoria
author_sort Palmer, Martin
title Faith in Conservation : New Approaches to Religions and the Environment
title_short Faith in Conservation : New Approaches to Religions and the Environment
title_full Faith in Conservation : New Approaches to Religions and the Environment
title_fullStr Faith in Conservation : New Approaches to Religions and the Environment
title_full_unstemmed Faith in Conservation : New Approaches to Religions and the Environment
title_sort faith in conservation : new approaches to religions and the environment
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/08/2622131/faith-conservation-new-approaches-religions-environment
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