You gonna be here long? Religion and Sustainability

Responding to the environmental crisis requires a fundamental transformation of world religions. In the concept of sustainability we find a change not only in religion's understanding of the value of the natural world and the need to alter its own ecological practices, but a possible awakening...

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Published in:	Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology Vol. 12; no. 2-3; pp. 163 - 178
Main Author:	Gottlieb, Roger
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	The Netherlands BRILL 2008 Brill Academic Publishers
Subjects:	Ecological sustainability ENVIRONMENTALISM Faith Frogs Humans Islam Judaism Part One: Proposals and Problems RELIGION SUSTAINABILITY Sustainable development Sustainable economies
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Summary:	Responding to the environmental crisis requires a fundamental transformation of world religions. In the concept of sustainability we find a change not only in religion's understanding of the value of the natural world and the need to alter its own ecological practices, but a possible awakening to the finite nature of human—including religious—existence.
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ISSN:	1363-5247 1568-5357 1363-5247
DOI:	10.1163/156853508X359967