Hinduism and ecology
Subtitle: the intersection of earth, sky, and water
By: edited by Christopher Key Chapple and Mary Evelyn Tucker.
Contributors: Chapple, Christopher.; Tucker, Mary Evelyn.
Series: Religions of the world and ecology
Publisher: Distributed by Harvard University Press for the Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 600
Subjects: Ecology -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Nature -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Natural history -- India; Hinduism -- Doctrines
Description: "India, Hinduism's homeland, faces a host of environmental challenges, from deforestation and desertification to environmental stresses caused by urbanization, the construction of dams, and an increase in industrial pollution. This volume explores varied responses to these environmental issues that are emerging from within Hinduism.".

"In this volume, scholars of Hinduism, Hindu practitioners, and environmental activists discuss the past history and future prospects for the development of environmentally responsive forms of Hinduism. Topics include the Vedic viewpoint on nature, the potential contribution of Gandhian thought, forest ecology in India, the degradation and damming of river systems, and Hindu grassroots approaches to environmental restoration."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [549]-567) and index.
Table of contents: title: [1] The cultural underpinnings : traditional Hindu concepts of nature. Dharmic ecology / O.P. Dwivedi; title: The five great elements (pan̄camahābhūta) : an ecological perspective / K.L. Seshagiri Rao; title: Nature romanticism and sacrifice in Ṛgvedic interpretation / Laurie L. Patton; title: State responsibility for environmental management : perspectives from Hindu texts on polity / Mary McGee; title: Literary foundations for an ecological aesthetic : dharma, aruyveda, the arts, and Abhijñānaśākuntalam / T.S. Rukmani; title: Reading the Bhagavadgītā from an ecological perspective / Lance E. Nelson; title: Can Hindu beliefs and values help India meet its ecological crisis? / Anil Agarwal.  [2] Gandhian philosophy and the development of an indigenous Indian environmental ethic. Too deep for deep ecology : Gandhi and the ecological vision of life / Vinay Lal; title: The inner logic of Gandhian ecology / Larry D. Shinn. [3] Forests in classic texts and traditions. The natural history of the Rāmāyana / David Lee; title: City, forest, and cosmos : ecological perspectives from the Sanskrit epics / Philip Lutgendorf; title: "Sacred grove" and ecology : ritual and science / Frédérique Apffel-Marglin and Pramod Parajuli; title: "If you cut a branch you cut my finger" : court, forest, and environmental ethics in Rajasthan / Ann Grodkins Gold.  [4] Flowing sacrality and risking profanity : the Yamunā, Gaṅgā, and Narmada Rivers. River of love in an age of pollution / David L. Haberman; title: Separate domains : Hinduism, politics, and environmental pollution / Kelly D. Alley; title: The Narmada : circumambulation of a sacred landscape / Chris Deegan; title: Sacred rivers, sacred dams : competing visions of social justice and sustainable development along the Narmada / William F. Fisher; title: Green and red, not saffron : gender and the politics of resistance in the Narmada valley / Pratyusha Basu and Jael Silliman.  [5] Can Hindu text and ritual practice help develop environmental conscience? Rituals of embedded ecologies : drawing kōlams, marrying trees, and generating auspiciousness / Vijaya Nagarajan; title: The ritual capsule of Durga puja : an ecological perspective / Madhu Khanna; title: Ethical and religious dimensions of Chipko resistance / George A. James.