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Did Martin Luther King's spiritual understanding of political
struggle truly help the Civil Rights movement? Can breast cancer
victims incorporate both spiritual wisdom and political action in
their fight for life? Confronting questions that challenge the
foundations of both politics and spirituality, Roger S. Gottlieb
presents a brave new account
Roger S. Gottlieb is internationally known for his groundbreaking
studies of religious environmentalism, passionate account of
spirituality in an age of environmental crisis, and enlightening
vision of the role of religion in a democratic society. Political
and Spiritual brings together for the first time his most powerful
essays on these and related themes. The book's wealth of topics
includes spiritual deep ecology, ethical theory, animal rights, the
Holocaust, the environmental crisis, and the experience of
disability-as well as new essays on the human meaning of
technology, facing death, and a fascinating intellectual
autobiography. As a whole, Political and Spiritual reveals
Gottlieb's unique ability to connect our collective struggles for a
just, rational, and caring society with our personal strivings for
contentment, wisdom, and compassion.
Roger S. Gottlieb is internationally known for his groundbreaking
studies of religious environmentalism, passionate account of
spirituality in an age of environmental crisis, and enlightening
vision of the role of religion in a democratic society. Political
and Spiritual brings together for the first time his most powerful
essays on these and related themes. The book's wealth of topics
includes spiritual deep ecology, ethical theory, animal rights, the
Holocaust, the environmental crisis, and the experience of
disability-as well as new essays on the human meaning of
technology, facing death, and a fascinating intellectual
autobiography. As a whole, Political and Spiritual reveals
Gottlieb's unique ability to connect our collective struggles for a
just, rational, and caring society with our personal strivings for
contentment, wisdom, and compassion.
The environmental crisis creates an unprecedented moral
predicament: how to be a good person when our collective and
individual actions contribute to immeasurable devastation and
suffering. Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources from
philosophy, political theory, global religion, ecology, and
contemporary spirituality, Roger S. Gottlieb explores the ethical
ambiguities, challenges, and opportunities we face. Engagingly
written, intellectually rigorous, and forcefully argued, this
volume investigates the moral value of nature; the possibility of
an 'ecological' democracy; how we treat animals; the demands and
limits of individual responsibility and collective political
change; contemporary ambiguities of rationality; and how to face
environmental despair. In Morality and the Environmental Crisis,
Gottlieb combines compassion for the difficulties of contemporary
moral life with an unflinching ethical commitment to awareness and
action.
In a time of darkening environmental prospects, frightening
religious fundamentalism, and moribund liberalism, the remarkable
and historically unprecedented rise of religious environmentalism
is a profound source of hope. Theologians are recovering
nature-honoring elements of traditional religions and forging bold
new theologies connecting devotion to God and spiritual truth with
love for God's creation and care for the Earth. And religious
people throughout the world are transforming the meaning of their
faiths in the face of the environmental crisis. The successes and
significance of religious environmentalism are manifest in
statements by leaders of virtually all the world's religions, in
new and "green" prayers and rituals, and in sophisticated
criticisms of modern society's economy, politics, and culture. From
the Evangelical Environmental Network to the Buddhist prime
minister of Mongolia, the National Council of Churches to
tree-planting campaigns in Zimbabwe, religious environmentalism has
become a powerful component of the world environmental
movement.
In A Greener Faith, Roger S. Gottlieb chronicles the promises of
this critically important movement, illuminating its principal
ideas, leading personalities, and ways of connecting care for the
earth with justice for human beings. He also shows how religious
environmentalism breaks the customary boundaries of "religious
issues" in political life. Asserting that environmental degradation
is sacrilegious, sinful, and an offense against God catapults
religions directly into questions of social policy, economic and
moral priorities, and the overall direction of secular society.
Gottlieb contends that a spiritual perspectiveapplied to the Earth
provides the environmental movement with a uniquely appropriate way
to voice its dream of a sustainable and just world. Equally
important, it helps develop a world-making political agenda that
far exceeds interest group politics applied to forests and toxic
incinerators. Rather, religious environmentalism offers an
all-inclusive vision of what human beings are and how we should
treat each other and the rest of life.
Gottlieb deftly analyzes the growing synthesis of the movement's
religious, social, and political aspects, as well as the challenges
it faces in consumerism, fundamentalism, and globalization. Highly
engaging and passionately argued, this book is an indispensable
resource for people of faith, environmentalists, scholars, and
anyone who is concerned about our planet's future.
Contents: Preface and acknowledgements Introduction: Religion in an age of environmental crisis Introduction to the second edition: Good news/bad news Part I: The moment of seeing: Selections from nature writers linking nature and spirit Part II: How have traditional religions viewed nature? Part III: Ecotheology in an age of environmental crisis: Transforming tradition Part IV: Ecotheology in an age of environmental crisis: Ecofeminist spirituality Part V: Ecotheology in an age of environmental crisis: Spiritual deep ecology Part VI: Religious practice for a sacred earth Part VII: Ecology, religion and society Suggestions for further reading Websites on religion and the environment Environmental organisations About the contributors
First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor and
Francis, an informa company.
"The Ecological Community" offers important and previously
unexplored responses to the environmental crisis. "The premise of
this volume," writes editor Roger Gottlieb, "is that the
environmental crisis challenges the presuppositions of--and creates
a rich field of creative work in--philosophy, politics, and moral
theory." These eighteen essays are fresh and compelling
interrogations of the existing wisdom in a host of areas, including
liberalism, communicative ethics, rights theory and environmental
philosophy itself.
"Contributors": Avner de-Shalit, Gus diZerega, Roger S. Gottlieb,
Eric Katz, Robert Kirkman, Andrew Light, Brian Luke, David
Macauley, Mark A. Michael, Carl Mitcham, John O'Neill, Holmes
Rolston III, David Schlosberg, William Throop, Steven Vogel, Mark
I. Wallace, Peter S. Wenz, Michael E. Zimmerman.
In the last two decades a new form of religiously motivated social
action and a virtually new field of academic study-each based in
recognition of the connections between religion and humanity's
treatment of the environment-have developed. Interactions between
religion and environmental concern have been manifest in the
explosive growth of ecotheological writings, institutional
commitment by organized religions, and environmental activism
explicitly oriented to religious ideals. Clergy throughout the
world in virtually every denomination have received word from
leaders of their religion that the environment-no less than
sexuality, poverty, or war and peace-is now a basic and compelling
religious matter. Out of this confrontation have been born vital
new theologies based in the recovery of marginalized elements of
tradition, profound criticisms of the past, and ecologically
oriented visions of God, the Sacred, the Earth, and human beings.
Theologians from every religious tradition-along with dozens of
non-denominational spiritual writers-have confronted world
religions' past attitudes towards nature. In the realm of
institutional commitment, public statements and actions by
organized religions have grown dramatically. In the context of
political action, throughout the U.S. and the world religiously
oriented groups take part in environmentally oriented political
action: from lobbying and consciousness raising to activist
demonstrations and civil disobedience. This collection serves as a
comprehensive introduction, overview, and in-depth account of these
exciting new developments. The four volumes cover virtually every
aspect of the field-from theological change and institutional
commitment to innovation in liturgy, from new ecumenical
connections among different religions and between religion, science
and environmental movements, from religious participation in
environmental politics to an account of the global social and
political contexts in which religious environmentalism has
unfolded.
With clarity, humor, detailed scholarship, and passionate
eloquence, Roger S. Gottlieb uses a unique range of resources to
portray a spiritual path keyed to caring for the earth. This
personal and powerful book speaks to anyone who has ever wondered
how to be happy when there is so much suffering in the world-anyone
who seeks a peaceful heart in a dark time. Its unique combination
of spiritual insight, political commitment, and environmental
knowledge reveals the deep ties between spiritual aspiration and
ecological activism; and makes a critical contribution to both
environmentalism and religious studies. Gottlieb begins by
describing the gifts which spirituality offers, and how those gifts
cannot be realized if we flee into avoidance or denial in the face
of ecological peril. In a startling and compelling comparison
between the Holocaust and the environmental crisis, he shows how a
psychic dependence on "work" can lead us-even against our wills-to
take part in genocide or ecocide. Addressing questions about our
obligations to the earth, he deepens our understanding of what it
is to live an "environmentally correct" life and what we really
mean by "nature." Finally, by connecting personal fulfillment to
social activism, he shows how a truly peaceful heart is only
possible if we devote some of our energies to resisting the forces
of destruction.
The concept of spirituality permeates modern culture: from academic
book series on ''Classics of Western Spirituality'' to self-help
manuals, from the use of Buddhist mindfulness meditation (typically
detached from Buddhist religious teachings) in medical treatment to
"nature spirituality," from spiritually oriented peace activists to
spiritually oriented new age music. Spirituality has become a
common part of our cultural vocabulary. It is not only an important
concept in its own right but plays productive and significant roles
in the realms of psychology, ecology, medicine, and even politics.
Millions call themselves "spiritual but not religious," academics
describe much of contemporary religious life in the U.S. as focused
on a spiritually oriented "seeking," and a quick search on
Amazon.com turns up hundreds of books whose titles take the general
form of The Spirituality of X or Spirituality and Y. At the same
time, the concept is used in widely conflicting, often confusing
ways. Most people think they know what it is when they see it, but
attempts to define spirituality or understand it coherently are
frequently limited, distorted, or ahistorical. Roger Gottlieb
provides a lucid and accessible overview of what spirituality is,
enabling readers to gain a clear-eyed understanding of the concept,
its manifold connections to other aspects of personal and social
life, its role as a positive psychological and social phenomenon,
and some of the risks that attend it. The book combines thoughtful
analysis with a generally sympathetic perspective in which
spirituality is viewed as a potentially beneficial form of personal
identity and practice, and a possible antidote to a number of the
psychic ailments and social pathologies of contemporary society.
Did Martin Luther King's spiritual understanding of political
struggle truly help the Civil Rights movement? Can breast cancer
victims incorporate both spiritual wisdom "and" political action in
their fight for life? Confronting questions that challenge the
foundations of both politics and spirituality, Roger S. Gottlieb
presents a brave new account of how religious ethics and
progressive movements share a common vision of a transformed world.
In doing so, he offers a bold and eloquent affirmation: that
authentic religion requires an activist, transforming presence in
the political world, and that the moral and psychological insights
of religion are indispensable resources in political struggles for
democracy, human rights and ecological sanity. With original and
compelling interpretations of Martin Luther King and the civil
rights struggle, feminism, disability rights, the global
environmental movement, and the fight for breast cancer, "Joining
Hands" will alter the way spiritual seekers, political activists,
and society as a whole think about the political role of religion
and the spiritual component of politics.
The concept of spirituality permeates modern culture: from academic
book series on ''Classics of Western Spirituality'' to self-help
manuals, from the use of Buddhist mindfulness meditation (typically
detached from Buddhist religious teachings) in medical treatment to
"nature spirituality," from spiritually oriented peace activists to
spiritually oriented new age music. Spirituality has become a
common part of our cultural vocabulary. It is not only an important
concept in its own right but plays productive and significant roles
in the realms of psychology, ecology, medicine, and even politics.
Millions call themselves "spiritual but not religious," academics
describe much of contemporary religious life in the U.S. as focused
on a spiritually oriented "seeking," and a quick search on
Amazon.com turns up hundreds of books whose titles take the general
form of The Spirituality of X or Spirituality and Y. At the same
time, the concept is used in widely conflicting, often confusing
ways. Most people think they know what it is when they see it, but
attempts to define spirituality or understand it coherently are
frequently limited, distorted, or ahistorical. Roger Gottlieb
provides a lucid and accessible overview of what spirituality is,
enabling readers to gain a clear-eyed understanding of the concept,
its manifold connections to other aspects of personal and social
life, its role as a positive psychological and social phenomenon,
and some of the risks that attend it. The book combines thoughtful
analysis with a generally sympathetic perspective in which
spirituality is viewed as a potentially beneficial form of personal
identity and practice, and a possible antidote to a number of the
psychic ailments and social pathologies of contemporary society.
This unique anthology brings together readings from the works of
the most significant post-Leninist Marxist thinkers. The selections
reflect the diversity and high intellectual accomplishment of
twentieth-century Marxism and show how these theorists have
transformed traditional Marxism's general philosophical
orientation, interpretation of historical materialism, models of
socialist political practice, and conception of human liberation.
The writings reveal the evolution of a sophisticated and democratic
Marxism with a theoretical emphasis on class consciousness and
subjectivity, a resistance to all forms of domination--including
sexism--and a belief in the political power of
consciousness-raising.
The selections include the work of forerunners Karl Korsch, George
Lukacs, and Antonio Gramsci; figures from the 1930s, including Max
Horkheimer, Theodor Adorno, and Wilhelm Reich; post-war and New
Left thinkers Jean-Paul Sartre, Andre Gorz, Herbert Marcuse, and
Jurgen Habermas; and contemporary socialist-feminists Sheila
Rowbotham, Juliet Mitchell, Barbara Ehrenreich, Heidi Hartmann, and
Ann Ferguson. Gottlieb places the readings in historical and
theoretical context, providing a clear and insightful account of
the intellectual problems and historical events that gave rise to
the Western Marxism, and describing how it both anticipated and
influenced contemporary radical movements. Each selection is
prefaced by a biographical sketch and the book concludes with a
bibliography suggesting further research."
This Sacred Earth was the first comprehensive survey of the critical connections between religion, nature and the environment. In this second edition, Roger Gottlieb has added nearly forty new selections, dramatically expanding the book's multicultural range, chronicling the explosive growth of ecotheology and religious environmental activism, and including responses to globalization. This Sacred Earth includes selections from sacred texts and a broad spectrum of new eco-theological writings. It begins with spiritual reflections by naturalists. Surveying traditional religious myths, creation stories, and conceptions of nature - with extensive selections from Jewish Christian, Native American, Indian, African, Chinese, and indigenous texts and commentators - the contributors focus on religion in the age of environmental crisis. We see how individuals and institutions are reinterpreting and transforming old traditions, and eco-feminists are challenging patriarchal perspectives. In the final section, contributors crystallize the complex relations between religion, ecology and society, including the role of religion in environmental political movements. This ground-breaking collection offers a comprehensive examination of religion's complex relationship to the environment.
In a time of darkening environmental prospects, frightening
religious fundamentalism, and moribund liberalism, the remarkable
and historically unprecedented rise of religious environmentalism
is a profound source of hope. In A Greener Faith, Roger S. Gottlieb
chronicles the promises of this critically important movement,
illuminating its principal ideas, leading personalities, and ways
of connecting care for the earth with justice for human beings. He
also shows how religious environmentalism breaks the customary
boundaries of "religious issues" in political life. Asserting that
environmental degradation is sacrilegious, sinful, and an offense
against God catapults religions directly into questions of social
policy, economic and moral priorities, and the overall direction of
secular society. Gottlieb contends that a spiritual perspective
applied to the Earth provides the environmental movement with a
uniquely appropriate way to voice its dream of a sustainable and
just world. Equally important, it helps develop a world-making
political agenda that far exceeds interest group politics applied
to forests and toxic incinerators. Rather, religious
environmentalism offers an all-inclusive vision of what human
beings are and how we should treat each other and the rest of life.
Gottlieb deftly analyzes the growing synthesis of the movement's
religious, social, and political aspects, as well as the challenges
it faces in consumerism, fundamentalism, and globalization. Highly
engaging and passionately argued, this book is an indispensable
resource for people of faith, environmentalists, scholars, and
anyone who is concerned about our planet's future.
In the face of the environmental crisis, believers from all the
world's faith traditions have come to recognize that religion's
relation to ecology is of critical importance. Vital new
theologies, profound criticisms of the past, and ecologically
oriented visions of God, Enlightenment, and human beings have
arisen. Religious morality has expanded to include human relations
to other species and ecosystems, and religious practice has come to
include rituals that express our grief and remorse as well as
celebrate what is left. Religious leaders and institutions have
committed themselves to a new green gospel, and in countless places
across the globe people engage in environmental activism for
religious reasons. This book serves as the definitive scholarly
overview of these exciting new developments. Part I explores
traditional religious concepts of and attitudes toward nature and
how these have been changed by the environmental crisis. Part II
analyzes conceptual issues that transcend individual traditions.
Part III examines religious participation in environmental
politics. With essays by the leading scholars in the field, many of
whom have themselves been instrumental in the rise of religious
environmentalism, this Handbook will be invaluable to anyone
interested in religion, environmentalism, and the future of our
planet.
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