Visions of a New Earth
Subtitle: Religious Perspectives on Population, Consumption, and Ecology
Contributors: Harold G. Coward (Editor); Daniel C. Maguire (Editor)
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: November 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780791444580
Subjects: Religion: general; Philosophy; Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Religion - Commentaries / Reference; Religious aspects; Religion; Reference; Consumption (Economics); Christian Theology - General; Human ecology; Moral and ethical aspects
Description: "One of the most significant topics of our time is the current eco-crisis of overpopulation, overconsumption (often called "affluenza"), and environmental degradation. In Visions of a New Earth, eight world religion scholars and two international economists address these linked problems by bringing religious perspective into conversation with economics. They conclude that religion and other cultural forces must be mobilized to force humankind toward an epochal birthing of bio-reverence.

Traditions discussed include Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Chinese, Native American, and African religions."--BOOK JACKET.