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Article: A Greener Faith: Religious Environmentalism and Our Planet's Future.(Book review)
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- The Review of Policy Research
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- September 1, 2008
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A Greener Faith: Religious Environmentalism and Our Planet's Future. New York: Oxford University Press. 304 pages. ISBN 978-0195176483, $29.95 Hardback. Roger S. Gottlieb. 2006.
Barely a week passes without a news story concerning religious leaders somewhere saying something in support of environment preservation. This steady stream of pronouncements, petitions, and conferences linking religion and environment seems to be gathering in strength, raising a host of questions concerning the religion's relationship to science, politics, and secular ethics. In response, scholars across the humanities and social sciences have begun to explore this development. To my ...