- Preface [Lawrence E. Sullivan]
- Series Foreword [Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim]
- Introduction [Christopher Key Chapple]
- 1. The Cultural Underpinnings: Traditional Hindu Concepts of Nature
- Dharmic Ecology [O. P. Dwivedi]
- The Five Great Elements (Pañcamahābhūta): An Ecological Perspective [K. L. Seshagiri Rao]
- Nature Romanticism and Sacrifice in Rigvedic Interpretation [Laurie L. Patton]
- State Responsibility for Environmental Management: Perspectives from Hindu Texts on Polity [Mary McGee]
- Literary Foundations for an Ecological Aesthetic: Dharma, Ayurveda, the Arts, and Abhijñānaśākuntalam [T S. Rukmani]
- Reading the Bhagavadgītā from an Ecological Perspective [Lance E. Nelson]
- Can Hindu Beliefs and Values Help India Meet Its Ecological Crisis? [Anil Agarwal]
- 2. Gandhian Philosophy and the Development of an Indigenous Indian Environmental Ethic
- Too Deep for Deep Ecology: Gandhi and the Ecological Vision of Life [Vinay Lal]
- The Inner Logic of Gandhian Ecology [Larry D. Shinn]
- 3. Forests in Classic Texts and Traditions
- The Natural History of the Rāmāyana [David Lee]
- City, Forest, and Cosmos: Ecological Perspectives from the Sanskrit Epics [Philip Lutgendorf]
- “Sacred Grove” and Ecology: Ritual and Science [Fréderique Apffel-Marglin and Pramod Parajuli]
- “If You Cut a Branch You Cut My Finger”: Court, Forest, and Environmental Ethics in Rajasthan [Ann Grodzins Gold]
- 4. Flowing Sacrality and Risking Profanity: The Yamunā, Gaʼngā, and Narmada Rivers
- River of Love in an Age of Pollution [David L. Haberman]
- Separate Domains: Hinduism, Politics, and Environmental Pollution [Kelly D. Alley]
- The Narmada: Circumambulation of a Sacred Landscape [Chris Deegan]
- Sacred Rivers, Sacred Dams: Competing Visions of Social Justice and Sustainable Development along the Narmada [William F. Fisher]
- Green and Red, Not Saffron: Gender and the Politics of Resistance in the Narmada Valley [Pratyusha Basu and Jael Silliman]
- 5. Can Hindu Text and Ritual Practice Help Develop Environmental Conscience?
- Rituals of Embedded Ecologies: Drawing Kōlams, Marrying Trees, and Generating Auspiciousness [Vijaya Nagarajan]
- The Ritual Capsule of Durgā Pūjā: An Ecological Perspective [Madhu Khanna]
- Ethical and Religious Dimensions of Chipko Resistance [George A. James]
- Appendix 1 [Harry Blair]
- Appendix 2 [David Lee]
- Glossary
- Select Bibliography
- Notes on Contributors
- Index
RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD AND ECOLOGY
Hinduism and Ecology
The Intersection of Earth, Sky, and Water
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$50.00 • £43.95 • €45.95
ISBN 9780945454250
Publication Date: 11/30/2000
656 pages
6 x 9 inches
10 halftones, 3 line drawings, 20 tables
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