Handbook on Religion and the Environment

Edited by Susan Power Bratton, Professor Emerita, Department of Environmental Science, Baylor University, Stephanie Clintonia Boddie, Associate Professor of Church and Community Ministries and Fuller Family Endowed Chair for Social Justice, Diana R. Garland School of Social Work, George W. Truett Theological Seminary, and School of Education, Baylor University, USA and İbrahim Özdemir, Professor of Philosophy, Üsküdar University, Türkiye and Vice President for Academic Affairs, American Islamic College, USA

‘In its remarkable assembly of 37 diverse voices from around the world, this book highlights the ecological heritage of religious texts, spiritual wisdom, and community practice, bringing its editors to conclude that most religious environmental contributions are in accord with the welfare of the greater society and Earth’s biosphere.’

• ContentsPART I INTRODUCTION1 Religious approaches to the environment, the UN sustainable developmentgoals, and the challenges of modernity 2Susan Power Bratton, Stephanie Clintonia Boddie, and İbrahim ÖzdemirPART II GREEN RELIGIOUS HERITAGE IN SACRED TEXTS, SPIRITUALWISDOM, AND COMMUNITY PRACTICE2 Islamic ecotheology: foundations and challenges 10İbrahim Özdemir3 The quiet conservation of monastic communities: practical strategies forenhancing biodiversity, open space and sense of place 24Jason M. Brown4 Half-siblings and brothers: the Shu view of nature of the Naxi, anIndigenous culture of Yunnan Province, China 48Song Tian and Yuan Gao5 Buddhism, sustainability, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution 66Peter L. DanielsPART III NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM6 Microbes, religion, and environmentalism in Japan 89Chika Watanabe7 Native American religious movements and their environmentalimplications: the ecological assemblages of Gaiwiio and Peyotism in NorthAmerica 104James W. WatersPART IV FOUNDATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL ETHICS ANDECOJUSTICE8 Literary counter-liturgies and environmental justice 124Joshua King9 “The earth must be the horizon of the social question”: Catholic socialteaching, Laudato Si’, and Latin America 141Matthew Philipp Whelan10 Women, religion, and environmental care in Africa 156Samuel E. Oladipo, A. Christson Adedoyin, Hammed Adeoye, JimohW. Owoyele, Olufunmilayo A. Adelaja, Stephanie Wynn, Obofoni E.Oarhe-Adekola, and Georges AdunlinPART V ENCOUNTERING ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC, ANDPOLITICAL CONFLICTS11 Jewish values and shared waters in an uncertain world 170Richard M. Friend and Clive Lipchin12 Christian evangelicals and the lilies of the field: how a sense of nationalismimpacted the religious right’s views of nature 186Neall W. PoguePART VI APPLYING CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENTMODELS TO RELIGIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP13 Is religion an institution? Configuring ecological religion for political andsocial analysis 198Jeremy H. Kidwell14 Cultivating religious leadership for sustainable development 209Timothy EwestPART VII CONSERVING ECOSYSTEMS AND BIODIVERSITY15 The role of local beliefs and customary practices in biodiversityconservation in Nigeria 232Folaranmi Dapo Babalola, Stella Egbe, and Lynne R. Baker16 Modernity, industrialization, and the Naxi environmental ethic: conservingforest cover and biodiversity via rights for nature 247Song Tian and Yuan Gao17 A night burn on the prairie: ecological restoration as performance, ritual,and ceremony 258William R. Jordan III, Susan Power Bratton and Thomas B. SimpsonPART VIII BUILDING SUSTAINABLE, RESILIENT, AND EQUITABLECOMMUNITIES TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF RESOURCEDISPARITIES, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND NATURAL DISASTERS18 Black church urban gardens as contemporary refugia 272Stephanie Clintonia Boddie and Jamal-Dominique Hopkins19 Integral mission in action: a case study of a faith-based, NGO-led solidwaste management project in Haiti 286Bethanie Saint Louis, Jocelyn Shealy McGee, and Bunet Exantus20 The roles of religiosity on philanthropic behaviour after natural disaster:the case of Hurricane Sandy 305Chenyi Ma, Stephanie Clintonia Boddie, and Katherina Rosqueta21 Faith communities as participants in climate resilience hubs: a case studyfrom Oregon 319Cherice BockPART IX EDUCATING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND RELIGIOUSUNDERSTANDING22 In the brackets of wilderness: forming vital spiritual communities ofreflection, attention, and communion in the Sierra 337Nathan P. Carson23 The spirit of botanical gardens: intersections of science, aesthetics, andreligion in environmental education 357Susan Power Bratton