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No paving paradise to put up a parking lot

Ó Riada, Eavan No paving paradise to put up a parking lot. Master thesis, Master Religion Conflict and Globalisation.

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Abstract

This paper engages with and provides support to claims in the field of religion and ecology concerning the great potential of religions to contribute positively to the fight against the environmental crisis. This is achieved using a case study of the liberal Protestant environmentalist efforts of the Eco-Justice Program and the Eco-Justice Working Group of the National Council of Churches in the United States from 2006 to the end of 2010 as demonstrated in documents produced to aid their members in celebrating and caring for creation. In particular, the paper examines the methods and practices constituting their liberal Protestant environmentalism as found within these documents and the impact of liberal protestant religious resources on those methods and practices. This is achieved with the aid of works by Evan Berry, Gary Gardner, and Laurel Kearns. In doing so, the paper demonstrates (where relevant) why the methods and practices of the National Council of Churches Eco- Justice Program and the Eco-Justice Working Group are so potentially beneficial to achieving environmentalist aims, as well as their potential adaptability for use in other forms of environmentalism.

Type: Thesis (Master)
Supervisors (RUG):
SupervisorE-mailTutor organizationTutor email
Stuckrad, C.K.M. vonFaculteit GGW, Vergelijkende ReligiewetenschapC.K.M.von.Stuckrad@rug.nl
Supervisors from outside the RUG:
Tutor outsideE-mailTutor outside organizationTutor outside email
Berry, EvanSchool of Historical, Philiosophical and Religious Studies, Arizona State UniversityEvan.Berry@asu.edu
Degree programme: Master Religion Conflict and Globalisation
Academic year: 2021-2022
Date of delivery: 16 Sep 2022 08:00
Last modified: 16 Sep 2022 08:00
URI: https://rcs.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/656
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