Includes bibliographical references and index.

Alliance of Religions and Conservation -- Animism -- Assisi Declarations -- Bartholomew I of Constantinople -- Biodiversity -- Buddhism -- Christianity -- Climate change -- Dalai Lama -- Daoism -- Deforestation -- Ecofeminism -- Ecotheology -- Energy -- Environmental justice -- Evangelical Environmental Network -- Folk religions -- Food security -- Francis of Assisi -- Gaia hypothesis -- Green Pilgrimage Network -- Greening of religion hypothesis -- Hinduism -- Hydraulic fracturing -- Interfaith power and light -- Islam -- Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Sciences -- Jainism -- Judaism -- Laudato Si' -- Marine conservation -- National Religious Partnership for the Environment -- Nature religions -- New Age Movement -- Overpopulation -- Paganism -- Paris Agreement -- Pollution -- Pope Francis I -- Religious Environmental Movement -- Religious naturalism -- Shinto -- Shiva, Vandana -- Sikhism -- Socially responsible investment -- Soil conservation -- Sustainability -- Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre -- Traditional ecological knowledge -- Vegetarianism -- Water -- White, Lynn Townsend, Jr. -- World Council of Churches.

This book discusses religiously motivated environmentalism, with both a global overview of the subject and a detailed discussion of key figures, concepts, organizations, events, and documents. It explores the history and context of religious environmentalism and its significance today. Includes a chronology of important events, entries with information about people, places, events, movements, works, and other topics, cross-references, further resources, and bibliography.

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