Purifying the earthly body of God : religion and ecology in Hindu India

Author(s)

• Nelson, Lance E.

Bibliographic Information

Purifying the earthly body of God : religion and ecology in Hindu India

edited by Lance E. Nelson

（SUNY series in religious studies）

State University of New York Press, c1998

• : hbk
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Examining the relation between religion and ecological concern in Hinduism from textual, theological, anthropological, feminist, and eco-activist approaches, this volume brings together an international, interdisciplinary group of scholars. The book covers the most relevant aspects of the Hindu tradition, searching out the ecological implications of pilgrimage and sacred geography, earth and river goddesses, the beliefs and ritual practice of villagers, caste consciousness, and Vedanta, Tantra, and Goddess theologies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Lance E. Nelson Part I: Theological and Textual Perspectives 1. Toward an Indigenous Indian Environmentalism Christopher Key Chapple 2. The Ecological Implications of Karma Theory Harold Coward 3. Attitudes to Nature in the Early Upanisads Arvind Sharma 4. The Dualism of Nondualism: Advaita Vedanta and the Irrelevance of Nature Lance E. Nelson 5. Sacred Immanence: Reflections of Ecofeminism in Hindu Tantra Rita DasGupta Sherma 6. Models and Images for a Vaisnava Environmental Theology: The Potential Contribution of Srivaisnavism Patricia Y. Mumme Part II: Views from the Field 7. Sin and Rain: Moral Ecology in Rural North India Ann Grodzins Gold 8. On the Ethics and Aesthetics of Recycling in India Frank J. Korom 9. Learning the Story of the Land: Reflections on the Liberating Power of Geography and Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition David Kinsley 10. Theology and Ecology at the Birthplace of Krsna Bruce M. Sullivan 11. The Earth as Goddess Bhu Devi: Toward a Theory of "Embedded Ecologies" in Folk Hinduism Vijaya Rettakudi Nagarajan 12. Idioms of Degeneracy: Assessing Ganga's Purity and Pollution Kelly D. Alley Conclusion Lance E. Nelson Contributors Index

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Details

• NCID: BA40262017
• ISBN:
  • 0791439232
  • 0791439240
• LCCN: 97050608
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Albany, N.Y.
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 366 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BL1215.N34
  • DC21 : 294.5/178362
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Human ecology -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism
  • LCSH : Hinduism -- Doctrines
  • LCSH : Human ecology -- India
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00652049