Many Heavens, One Earth

Clifford Chalmers Cain is professor of religious studies at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri.

The essays in this much-needed and well-edited anthology provide up-to-date reflection on religious themes and teachings that can help us think about the proper place of humans in earth’s ecosystems. Many Heavens, One Earth is at once readable enough for beginners and authoritative enough for use by scholars. Clifford Chalmers Cain has done a great service for religious scholarship and the world in assembling this collection of readings.

• Preface Religion and the EnvironmentIntroduction to article by Paul Brockelman Paul Brockelman, “With New Eyes: Seeing the Environment as a Spiritual Issue” Judaism and the EnvironmentIntroduction to article by Eric KatzEric Katz, “Nature as Subject: Human Obligation and Natural Community” Christianity and the EnvironmentIntroduction to article by Iain ProvanIain Provan, “The Land Is Mine and You Are Only Tenants: Earth-Keeping and People-keeping in the Old Testament”Introduction to article by Clifford Chalmers CainClifford Chalmers Cain, “Stewardship as a Work of Art”Introduction to article by Elizabeth TheokritoffElizabeth Theokritoff, “The Orthodox Church and the Environmental Movement”Islam and the EnvironmentIntroduction to article by Seyyed Hossein NasrSeyyed Hossein Nasr, “Religion and the Resacralization of Nature”Native American Traditions and the EnvironmentIntroduction to Letter attributed to Chief Seattle“Letter Attributed to Chief Seattle”Introduction to article by David KinsleyDavid Kinsley, “Native American Religion”Introduction to article by Joel MartinJoel Martin, “The Land Looks After Us”Hinduism and the EnvironmentIntroduction to article by Christopher Key ChappleChristopher Key Chapple, “Ecological Nonviolence and the Hindu Tradition”Buddhism and the EnvironmentIntroduction to article by His Holiness the Dalai LamaHis Holiness the Dalai Lama, [“A Buddhist Perspective on Nature”]Introduction to article by Susan DarlingtonSusan Darlington, “Rethinking Buddhism and Development: The Emergence of Environmentalist Monks in Thailand”Sikhism and the EnvironmentIntroduction to article by Gopinder Kaur SagooGopinder Kaur Sagoo, “Our Environment and Us: A Sikh Perspective” Introduction to article by S. LourdunathanS. Lourdunathan, “Ecosophical Concerns in the Sikh Tradition”Taoism and Confucianism and the EnvironmentIntroduction to article by Mary Evelyn TuckerMary Evelyn Tucker, “Ecological Themes in Taoism and Confucianism”List of Contributors Index