Religion, Ecology, Science, and Wisdom

Constructive Dialogue on the Environment

Authors

  • Tony Watling Independent Scholar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jsrnc.v8i3.352

Keywords:

religion, ecology, science, wisdom

Abstract

Review of: Donald K. Swearer (ed.), Ecology and the Environment: Perspectives from the Humanities (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2009), ix + 126 pp., $15.95 (cover), ISBN: 978-0-268-03404-7. David Lodge and Christopher Hamlin (eds), Religion and the New Ecology: Environmental Responsibility in a World in Flux (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2006), xiii + 325 pp., $40.00 (cover), ISBN: 978-0-945454-43-4. Hubert Meisinger, Willem B. Drees, and Zbigniew Liana (eds), Wisdom or Knowledge? Science, Theology, and Cultural Dynamics (London and New York: T. & T. Clark, 2006), xii + 157 pp., $60.95 (pbk), ISBN: xxxxx.

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Published

2014-12-16

Issue

Section

Review Essay

How to Cite

Watling, T. (2014). Religion, Ecology, Science, and Wisdom: Constructive Dialogue on the Environment. Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, 8(3), 352-367. https://doi.org/10.1558/jsrnc.v8i3.352