Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

".........THIS ISSUE OF DÆDALUS brings together for the first time diverse perspectives from the
world’s religious traditions regarding attitudes toward nature with reflections from the fields of science, public policy, and ethics. The scholars of religion in this volume identify symbolic, scriptural, and ethical dimensions within particular religions in their relations with the natural world. They examine these dimensions both historically and in response to contemporary environmental problems.

......The State of the World 2000 report cites climate change (along with population) as the critical challenge of the new century. It notes that in solving this problem, “all of society’s institutions—from organized religion to corporations—have a role to play. ” That religions have a role to play along with other institutions and academic disciplines is also the premise of this issue of Dædalus...."

Contents

Mary Evelyn Tucker and John A. Grim
Introduction: The Emerging Alliance of World Religions and Ecology

George Rupp
Religion, Modern Secular Culture, and Ecology

Michael B. McElroy
Perspectives on Environmental Change: A Basis for Action

Donald A. Brown
The Ethical Dimensions of Global Environmental Issues

J. Baird Callicott
Multicultural Environmental Ethics

World Religions

Hava Tirosh-Samuelson
Nature in the Sources of Judaism

Sallie McFague
New House Rules: Christianity, Economics, and Planetary Living

S. Nomanul Haq
Islam and Ecology: Toward Retrieval and Reconstruction

Vasudha Narayanan
Water, Wood, and Wisdom: Ecological Perspectives from the Hindu Traditions

Christopher Key Chapple
The Living Cosmos of Jainism: A Traditional Science Grounded in Environmental Ethics

Donald K. Swearer
Principles and Poetry, Places and Stories: The Resources of Buddhist Ecology

Tu Weiming
The Ecological Turn in New Confucian Humanism: Implications for China and the World

James Miller
Envisioning the Daoist Body in the Economy of Cosmic Power

Jack D. Forbes
Indigenous Americans: Spirituality and Ecos

Bill McKibben
Where Do We Go from Here?