Religion and Ecological Sustainability in China

"This volume makes a unique and valuable contribution to our understanding of the interactions between religion and nature/environment in China, both past and present. Not only does it cover Chinese religion in its multiplicity (not being restricted to Buddhism, Daoism, or Confucianism alone), it also turns a critical eye on how these two interact." Worldviews - Seth Clippard Hung Kuang University, Taiwan

James Miller is Professor of Chinese Studies and Religious Studies at Queens University, Canada. Dan Smyer Yu is the Research Group Leader at the Department of Religious Diversity at Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Germany. Peter van der Veer is Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Germany.

Introduction Part 1: Ecology and the Classics 1. Ecology and the Classics 2. Conceptualization of Earth and Land in Classical Chinese Texts 3. "The Great Virtue of Heaven and Earth:" Deep Ecology in the Yijing 4. "Hard-Hearted" and "Soft-Hearted" Ecologies: A Rereading of Daoist and Confucian Classics 5. Gods and Nature in Highest Clarity Daoism 6. When the Land is Excellent: Village Feng Shui Forests and the Nature of Lineage, Polity, and Vitality in Southern China Part 2: Imagining Nature in Modernity 7. Finding Nature in Religion, Hunting Religion from the Environment 8. Globalizations and Diversities of Nature in China 9. Is Chinese Popular Religion Compatible with Ecology? A Discussion of Fengshui 10. Ecological Migration and Cultural Adaptation: A Case Study of the Sanjiangyuan Nature Reserve, Qinghai Province 11. Reverse Environmentalism: Contemporary Articulations of Tibetan Culture, Buddhism, and Environmental Protection 12. Earthwork, Home-Making, and Eco-Aesthetics among Amdo Tibetans