Religion and Sustainability: Interreligious Resources, Interdisciplinary Responses: Intersection of Sustainability Studies and Religion, Theology, Philosophy

Acknowledgments
Contents
About the Contributors
1: Sustainability Studies: Beyond the Denial of Religion and Theology as Resources—An Introduction
	The United Nations and the Concept of Sustainable Development
	The Value of Religious Resources for Fostering Ecological Awareness and Action
	The Organization of the Volume
	Reference
Part I: Sustainable Relations: Towards Interreligious Hospitality
	2: Methodological Considerations for Interreligious Theological Engagement: New Directions in Comparative-Dialogical Theology
		Introduction: What Is Interreligious Theological Reflection and Why Does It Matter in the Context of Religion and Sustainability?
		Comparative Theology: Beyond Comparative Religion and Interfaith Dialog
		Towards Interreligious Interdisciplinary Theological Reflection
			Towards Just and Fruitful Interreligious Theological Encounters
		Seeking Epistemic Justice
		The Move Towards Critical Indigenous Epistemologies
		Interreligious Studies and Interdisciplinarity
		The Hermeneutics of Intersubjectivity
		Conclusion
		References
	3: The Conditions of Hospitality in Interreligious Encounter
		An Ideal Typical Model of IRE
		References
	4: Advaita Vedānta, Swami Vivekananda, and Sustainability
		Introduction: Deep Ecology and the World’s Religious Traditions
		The Case of Vedānta
		Critical Reflections
		Conclusion
		References
	5: Jonah, Yom Kippur, and the Many Sides of Justice
		Introduction
		Yom Kippur and Justice
		Jonah and Social Justice
		Jonah and Eco-Justice
		Conclusion
		References
	6: Towards Interreligious Spiritual Hospitality: A Lutheran Perspective
		Introduction
		Martin Luther’s Doctrine of Communcatio idiomtum
		Martin Luther’s Understanding of the Concept of Communicatio Idiomatum: Communication of Attributes as Spiritual Hospitality
		Communio or Communicatio and Idomata
		Communicatio idiomatum as Happy Exchange/Joyful Exchange
		From Conflict to Communion: Lutheran-Catholic Common Commemorationof the Reformation in 2017
		Conclusion
		References
Part II: Economic Justice
	7: A Critique of Economic Reason: Between Tradition and Modernity
		Poverty in the Age of Plenty
		Acknowledgments
		References
	8: Buddhist Economics: Creating a Sustainable and Compassionate Economy
		Free Market Economics and Buddhist Economics
		Shared Prosperity and Caring for People Around the World
		What Makes Us Happy?
		Inner and Outer Wealth
		Individual Behavior in Buddhist Economics
		Community and National Approach
		References
	9: A Threefold Approach of Ecology, Economy, and Theology to Face Climate Change with Respect and Kindness
		Introduction
		The DICE Integrated Assessment Model
		The Social Cost of Carbon
		Limitations of DICE Model
		Christian Environmental Ethics
		From Structural Evil to Justice
		Conclusion
		References
Part III: Religious Ethics for a Sustainable World
	10: Climate Colonialism, Subversive Moral-Spiritual Power, and Religious Ethics
		Sketching the Moral Crisis
		Moral Agency and Moral Inertia
		Role of Religion
		In Closing
		References
	11: The Ethics of Enchantment: Spirituality and Ecological Ethics
		Objections
		Visions and Revisions
		Prospects of Reenchantement
		Conclusions
		References
	12: Animal Rights within Judaism: The Nature of the Relationship Between Religion and Ethics
		References
	13: The Environmental Crisis of Our Time and the Ethics of Stewardship: A Muslim Response
		Finding a Solution to the Problem
		Scriptural Versus Scientific Authority?
		The Nature of Scriptural Authority
		Islamic Law and the Environment
		Usury and the Environment
		The Nature of Money
			The Banking System and the Creation of Money
		The Way Ahead?
		References
Part IV: Embodied Practices for Sustainability & Resilience
	14: Awareness Is Our Birthright: Mindfulness Practice and the Sustainability of the Present
		References
	15: Texts and Trees: Ritual Engagements with Audumbar Tree in the Dattatreya Sampradāya
		Introduction and Context
		Hindu Traditions and Ecology
		Textual Discourse About Audumbar in Classical and Regional Literature
		Ritual Discourse About Audumbar in Contemporary Maharashtra
			Narrative I: Arun’s Desire to Plant Audumbar Tree
			Narrative II: The Result of Ignorance
		Conclusions
		References
	16: Healing Creation or Hearing Confession: Protestant Liturgy and the Role of Agency, Sickness, and Repentance in the Current Ecological Crisis
		Introduction
		Sin(s) as Sickness
		Responsibility and Agency
		Critiques of Using “Sin” Language
		Tension Between Sins and Sickness
		Liturgical Implications
		References
	17: Relating to Nature: Rendering Nature Visible Through Rituals in South Asia
		Introduction
		Thinking About the Conceptions of Nature
		Difference and Distance in Indian Traditions of Thinking
		Foregrounding Nature, Recognizing Distance
		The Epistemic State of Rituals: Foregrounding Textuality
		Rituals as Modes of Closing Distance and Creating a Difference
		References
Part V: Global Religions & Worldviews: Philosophical and Theological Insights on Ecology
	18: The Eschatological Family of Life on Earth: A Christian Response to Global Climate Change
		Introduction
		The Virtues of the Stewardship Model
		The Problems With Stewardship
		Recent Scientific Discoveries Bearing on Our Relationship to All Life on Earth
		Towards a New Paradigm for Humanity’s Relation to the Global Ecological World
		References
	19: A Dialogical Encounter Between Christian Ecotheological Ethics and Gaud. īya Vais.n. ava Theology
		Background
		Introduction: Methods and Methodology
		Method 1: Responding to Critique
		Method 2: Theologizing the Secular
		Method 3: Reframing Traditional Categories
		Conclusion
		References
	20: Tulsidas and Sustainability Through Respect of All Creation
		Introduction
		Omnipresence (Literally, “Present Everywhere”)
		The Ramkatha
		Tulsidas’s Ramcharitmanas
		Satsang
		References
	21: The Deified Cosmos: Maximos the Confessor and Sylouan the Athonite on the Deification of the Natural Order and the Love of Self
		References
	22: Meher Baba’s Spirituality of Sustainability and Transformation
		Introduction
		“Breaking” Meher Baba’s Silence and a New Spirituality
		Meher Baba’s Cosmology of Progress
		The Mechanism of Progress: “The Law Of Reaction”
		A “Fact-Based” Worldview
		Sufism Reoriented and Living a New Life
		Conclusion
		References
	23: Environmental Philosophy of Buddhism
		Two Horns of a Dilemma: A Paradigm of Dialectical Conflict
		The Mining Industry
		Buddhism and the Human Future
		Lawful Nature of Things
		The Dialectical Patterns of Human Desire
		Environmental Ethics
		References
Part VI: Social Justice: Sustainable Lives
	24: Betrayed by Accent: Theological Notes on a Racist Worldsound
		Introduction
		References
	25: Justice and Salvation: Key Terms for an Ethical-Religious Approach to Sustainability
		Religion, Ethics, Sustainability
		Unjudging Love
		Love and Justice
		Imputation and Verdict
		From Love to Justice
		Thinking From Unjudging Love
		Failing Better
		Sustainability as Self-Flourishing
		References
	26: Martin Luther King Jr’s Religious Primordium
		Introduction
		The Black Religious Primordium
		The Phenomenological Mooring of Black Religion
		The Black Religious Primordial Stance
		Conclusion
		References
	27: Baby Suggs and the Clearing Rock of Ages: Womanist Theoethic of Survival Justice
		Baby Suggs’ Communalism as Eco-Survivalism
		Womanist Communalism, Communitarianism, and Ecowomanism
		Framing a Theoethic of Survival Justice
		Hope/Resilience
		Racial-Ethnic Identity
		Healing
		Restorative Belief
			Communal Engagement
		Summary: The Need for Global Eco-Sustainability Comparatives
		References
	28: Lift Up to Drawdown: Empowering Women and Girls to Systemically Reverse Climate Change, and Relevance to Religious Communities
		What Is “Drawdown”?
		The Benefits of Empowering Girls and Women
		Calculating the Benefits of Empowering Women and Girls
		Religion and Oppression of Women
		A Deep Mutuality Between Education & Religion
		Religion and Family Planning
		Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
		A Possible Bright Future
		References
Part VII: Ecological Praxis: Intention, Imagination, and Contemplation
	29: Auroville: Land, Technology and the Micropolitics of Integral Living in an Intentional Community
		Integration, Modernity and Habitus
		Collective Yoga and Earth Animism
		Soul of a City
		Modernism and Spiritual Anarchy
		Bio-Regeneration
		Grass-Roots Agriculture
		Center for Scientific Research
		Auroville Architecture
		Auroville-Village Relations
		Conclusion
		References
	30: Chinese Images of Nature, Body, and Cosmos: Visualizing Human Physiology and Homeostasis with the Natural World
		References
	31: The Paradise Gardens of Lahore: Islamic Ideals and Historical Realities
		Introduction
		Garden Verses in the Qur’an
			Gardens at the Beginning of Time
			Paradise Gardens of the Resurrection
			Verses on Worldly Gardens
		Historical Gardens of Lahore
			Mughal Paradise Gardens
			Paradisiacal Qualities of Sufi Saints and Shrines
			Mosques and the Theology of Paradise
			Beyond the Mughals
		Conclusion
		References
	32: Decolonizing Landscapes: Artistic Activism and Eco-Religious Imagination
		Introduction
		Re-Visions: The Vanishing Life and Ice of the Arctic
		Re-Engaging Nature: David Buckland and Katie Paterson
		Re-Gathering: Basia Irland’s Communal Art
		Co-Creating: Arts, Ecology, and Religion for a Sustainable Present
		References
	33: Come with Old Khayyam and Leave the Wise to Talk
		Acknowledgment
		References
	34: Cultivating Atmoshakti in Indian Villages: Rabindranath Tagore’s Holistic, Grass-Roots Model for Developing Sustainable, Intentional Rural Communities
		Introduction
		Tagore’s Evolving Philosophy of Atmoshakti and Early Experiments in Rural Reconstruction
		Shantiniketan: Education Reform and Rural Redevelopment in a Single Nest
		Visva-Bharati and Sriniketan: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally
		Conclusion
		References
Index