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A Greener Faith: Religious Environmentalism and Our Planet's Future

A Greener Faith: Religious Environmentalism and Our Planet's Future 360 Book Reviews / Worldviews 11 (2007) 353-381 Roger Gottlieb. A Greener Faith: Religious Environmentalism and Our Planet’s Future. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. 288 pp. ISBN 0195176480. US$29.95 . Despite opening a Greener Faith: Religious Environmentalism and Our Plan- et’s Future by reminding readers “if you’re not depressed, it is only because you haven’t been reading the newspaper,” Roger Gottlieb succeeds in provid- ing a few rays of hope-filled light by tracing religion’s emergence as a force for coping with and combating the environmental crisis. Th rough an explora- tion of religious environmentalism in action, Gottlieb maintains “religions have become part of the all too scarce good news on the environmental front—one more element in a worldwide environmental movement” (p. 7). Because “the environmental crisis is not only a danger to our physical and economic well-being, but a unique challenge to our fundamental sense of what it means to be human,” Gottlieb argues that scholars and activists must not dismiss religion; for religion, through story and community, guides our basic concepts of “what it means to be human” (p. 4). Beyond fostering humility and humanity, Gottlieb highlights the ability of religion to encourage social action and participation http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Worldviews Brill

A Greener Faith: Religious Environmentalism and Our Planet's Future

Snyder, Samuel
Worldviews , Volume 11 (3): 360 – Jan 1, 2007
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© 2007 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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360 Book Reviews / Worldviews 11 (2007) 353-381 Roger Gottlieb. A Greener Faith: Religious Environmentalism and Our Planet’s Future. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. 288 pp. ISBN 0195176480. US$29.95 . Despite opening a Greener Faith: Religious Environmentalism and Our Plan- et’s Future by reminding readers “if you’re not depressed, it is only because you haven’t been reading the newspaper,” Roger Gottlieb succeeds in provid- ing a few rays of hope-filled light by tracing religion’s emergence as a force for coping with and combating the environmental crisis. Th rough an explora- tion of religious environmentalism in action, Gottlieb maintains “religions have become part of the all too scarce good news on the environmental front—one more element in a worldwide environmental movement” (p. 7). Because “the environmental crisis is not only a danger to our physical and economic well-being, but a unique challenge to our fundamental sense of what it means to be human,” Gottlieb argues that scholars and activists must not dismiss religion; for religion, through story and community, guides our basic concepts of “what it means to be human” (p. 4). Beyond fostering humility and humanity, Gottlieb highlights the ability of religion to encourage social action and participation

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Published: Jan 1, 2007

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