Religion and Ecological Crisis: Responses from Asia

Mette Halskov Hansen; Kenneth Bo Nielsen

doi:10.24415/9789400605725

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Edition: 1/2026
Copyright Year: 2026
ISBN-Print: 978-94-006-0573-2
ISBN-Online: 978-94-006-0572-5
ePub ISBN: 9789400605732
Publisher: Leiden University Press, Leiden
Language: English
Pages: 234
Product Type: Edited Book

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1. Table of Contents
2. Acknowledgments
3. About the Authors
Introduction. Religion and Ecological Crisis: Responses from AsiaPages 11 - 28
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Chapter 1. Enlisting the Divine Farmer, Shennong: Spirituality, Science, and Environmentalism in TaiwanPages 29 - 50
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Chapter 2. Yogic Ecology? Spirituality, Science, and Pseudoscience in Indian Agroecological Movements for Soil HealthPages 51 - 72
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Chapter 3. Ecopractices, Self-Realization, and Interpretations of Tradition in a Chinese EcovillagePages 73 - 92
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Chapter 4. Hòa Hảo Buddhism and the Target of Net-Zero Plastic Waste in the Mekong DeltaPages 93 - 112
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Chapter 5. Pragmatic Environmentalism: Sikhism and Grassroots Environmental Advocacy in North IndiaPages 113 - 134
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Chapter 6. “Purity at the Source”: Tzu Chi’s Organizational and Communal Storytelling about Recycling and VegetarianismPages 135 - 154
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Chapter 7. Agroecology as Christian Environmentalism in a Hindu Majoritarian ContextPages 155 - 176
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Chapter 8. The Purest Food: Cowmilk, Transcendent Claims, and Ecological Sustainability in IndiaPages 177 - 200
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Chapter 9. Ecologies of Gods and States: Theogenic Soils and Forests in the Blang Mountains, ChinaPages 201 - 222
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Afterword. The Jury Is Still OutPages 223 - 228
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IndexPages 229 - 232 Download chapter (PDF)