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Naturalizing God?
(July 2021)
A Critical Evaluation of Religious Naturalism
Mikael Leidenhag - Author
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Evaluates religious naturalists’ attempts to find a middle path between supernaturalism and atheistic secularism, and explores naturalistic, theistic, and panpsychist solutions.
Can nature be considered a religious object? Religious naturalists answer yes, as they seek to carve out a middle path between supernaturalism and atheistic secularism. In this book, Mikael Leidenhag critic...(Read More) |
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Faith, Hope, and Sustainability
(June 2021)
The Greening of US Faith Communities
Cybelle T. Shattuck - Author
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A cross-case analysis of fifteen faith communities striving to care for the earth and live more sustainably.
Faith, Hope, and Sustainability explores the experiences of fifteen faith communities striving to care for the earth and live more sustainably. A church in Maine partners with fishermen to create the first community-supported fishery so they can make a living without ...(Read More) |
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Mindfulness as Sustainability
(February 2021)
Lessons from the World's Religions
Maria Jaoudi - Author
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Offers practical and personal ways to help mitigate global climate change while sustaining an emotional and spiritual center through mindfulness practice.
The inundation of terrifying environmental news in recent years has left many people exhausted and in despair about our planet’s future. In Mindfulness as Sustainability, Maria Jaoudi addresses the need to take care of ou...(Read More) |
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Waste Not
(December 2019)
A Jewish Environmental Ethic
Tanhum S. Yoreh - Author
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Traces the development of bal tashḥit, the Jewish prohibition against wastefulness and destruction, from its biblical origins to the contemporary environmental movement.
Winner of the 2020 Canadian Jewish Literary Award in the category of Jewish Thought and Culture
Bal tashḥit, the Jewish prohibition against wastefulness and destruction, is considered ...(Read More) |
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The Imagination of Plants
(July 2019)
A Book of Botanical Mythology
Matthew Hall - Author
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Examines the role of plants in botanical mythology, from Aboriginal Australia to Zoroastrian Persia.
Plants have a remarkable mythology dating back thousands of years. From the ancient Greeks to contemporary Indigenous cultures, human beings have told colorful and enriching stories that have presented plants as sensitive, communicative, and intelligent. This book explores the myria...(Read More) |
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Religious Agrarianism and the Return of Place
(December 2017)
From Values to Practice in Sustainable Agriculture
Todd LeVasseur - Author
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Gold Medalist 2018 Independent Publisher Book Awards in the Religion Category
FINALIST - 2017 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the Religion category
Examines religious communities as advocates of environmental stewardship and sustainable agriculture practices.
Writing at the interface of religion and nature theory, US religi...(Read More) |
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Mountains, Rivers, and the Great Earth
(July 2017)
Reading Gary Snyder and Dōgen in an Age of Ecological Crisis
Jason M. Wirth - Author
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Engages the global ecological crisis through a radical rethinking of what it means to inhabit the earth.
FINALIST for the 2017 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the Philosophy category
Meditating on the work of American poet and environmental activist Gary Snyder and thirteenth-century Japanese Zen Master Eihei Dōgen, Jason M. Wirth draws out insights...(Read More) |
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The Variety of Integral Ecologies
(June 2017)
Nature, Culture, and Knowledge in the Planetary Era
Sam Mickey - Editor
Sean Kelly - Editor
Adam Robbert - Editor
Mary Evelyn Tucker - Foreword by
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Presents integral approaches to ecology that cross the boundaries of the humanities, social sciences, and biophysical sciences.
In the current era of increasing planetary interconnectedness, ecological theories and practices are called to become more inclusive, complex, and comprehensive. The diverse contributions to this book offer a range of integral approaches to ecology that cross the boundaries of the humanities and sciences and ...(Read More) |
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Neo-Confucian Ecological Humanism
(May 2017)
An Interpretive Engagement with Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692)
Nicholas S. Brasovan - Author
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Addresses Ming Dynasty philosopher Wang Fuzhi’s neo-Confucianism from the perspective of contemporary ecological humanism.
In this novel engagement with Ming Dynasty philosopher Wang Fuzhi (1619–1692), Nicholas S. Brasovan presents Wang’s neo-Confucianism as an important theoretical resource for engaging with contemporary ecological humanism. Brasovan coins the term “person-in-the-wor...(Read More) |
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Environmental Philosophy in Asian Traditions of Thought
(May 2014)
J. Baird Callicott - Editor
James McRae - Editor
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Seminal essays on environmental philosophy from Indian, Chinese, and Japanese traditions of thought.
Environmental Philosophy in Asian Traditions of Thought provides a welcome sequel to the foundational volume in Asian environmental ethics Nature in Asian Traditions of Thought. That volume, edited by J. Baird Callicott and Roger T. Ames and published in 1989, inaugurated comparative env...(Read More) |
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