Muslim environmentalisms : religious and social foundations

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Muslim environmentalisms : religious and social foundations

Anna M. Gade

Columbia University Press, c2019

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-316) and index

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How might understandings of environmentalism and the environmental humanities shift by incorporating Islamic perspectives? In this book, Anna M. Gade explores the religious and cultural foundations of Islamic environmentalisms. She blends textual and ethnographic study to offer a comprehensive and interdisciplinary account of the legal, ethical, social, and empirical principles underlying Muslim commitments to the earth. Muslim Environmentalisms shows how diverse Muslim communities and schools of thought have addressed ecological questions for the sake of this world and the world to come. Gade draws on a rich spectrum of materials scripture, jurisprudence, science, art, and social and political engagement as well as fieldwork in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. The book brings together case studies in disaster management, educational programs, international development, conservation projects, religious ritual and performance, and Islamic law to rethink key theories. Gade shows that the Islamic tradition leads us to see the environment as an ethical idea, moving beyond the established frameworks of both nature and crisis. Muslim Environmentalisms models novel approaches to the study of religion and environment from a humanistic perspective, reinterpreting issues at the intersection of numerous academic disciplines to propose a postcolonial and global understanding of environment in terms of consequential relations.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 1. History of Religions, Islam, and Environmental Humanities 2. Islam and the Environment: Pluralism and Development 3. A Qur'anic Environment: Relating Creatures and Resources 4. Roots and Branches of Islamic Environmental Justice, Law, and Ethics 5. Islamic Humanities: Apprehending Symbol, Expression, and Natural Science 6. Muslim Environmentalism as Religious Practice: Accounts of the Unseen 7. From This World to the Next Notes Bibliography Index

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