Buddhism and Ecology: The Interconnection of Dharma and Deeds (Religions of the World and Ecology) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0945454139 ISBN 13: 9780945454137

Publisher: Center for the Study of World Religions, 1998

Synopsis

Given the challenges of the environmental crisis, Buddhism's teaching of the interrelatedness of all life forms may be critical to the recovery of human reciprocity with nature. In this new work, twenty religionists and environmentalists examine Buddhism's understanding of the intricate web of life. In noting the cultural diversity of Buddhism, they highlight aspects of the tradition which may help formulate an effective environmental ethics, citing examples from both Asia and the United States of socially engaged Buddhist projects to protect the environment. The authors explore theoretical and methodological issues and analyze the prospects and problems of using Buddhism as an environmental resource in both theory and practice. This groundbreaking volume inaugurates a larger series examining the religions of the world and their ecological implications which will shape a new field of study involving religious issues, contemporary environmental ethics, and public policy concerns.

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About the Authors

Mary Evelyn Tucker is Senior Lecturer, Yale Divinity School.

Duncan Ryuken Williams is Associate Professor of Japanese Buddhism, University of California, Berkeley.

Christopher Key Chapple is Navin and Pratima Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology, Loyola Marymount University.

Malcolm David Eckel is Associate Professor of Religion at Boston University.

Donald K. Swearer is Distinguished Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies and Director of the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School.

Edition details

• Publisher: Center for the Study of World Religions
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0945454139
• ISBN 13: 9780945454137
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 518
• Editor: Tucker Mary Evelyn, Williams Duncan Ryuken