African Traditional Religion And Ecology
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Managing the Environmental Crisis in Ghana
| Author | : Kwasi Nyamekye |
| Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 210 |
| Release | : 2014-11-19 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 144387132X |
Due to the strong inroads that Western scientism and Western Christianity have made in Africa as a result of colonialism, post-colonial African governments have tended to rely solely on Western scientific conservation epistemologies and models to the neglect of those of the Indigenous African peoples in addressing their environmental problems. However, there is enough evidence that neither modern (scientific) nor indigenous epistemologies and modes of addressing current ecological problems ar...
African Ecological Spirituality
| Author | : Ikechukwu Anthony KANU |
| Publisher | : AuthorHouse |
| Total Pages | : 313 |
| Release | : 2022-07-18 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1665599634 |
In the face of the emerging consequences of anthropogenic activities in relation to the environment, Africa is today united by the consciousness that individual destinies are caught up with the health of natural systems at the national, regional and continental levels. This Book of Readings on African Ecological Spirituality: Perspectives in Anthroposophy and Environmentalism focuses on scholarly and indigenous perspectives regarding the evolution of eco-spirituality in Africa. It provides answers to fundamental questions that have been looming at the horizon of thought for years on the contribution of African spirituality to ecological discourse.
African Indigenous Ecological Knowledge Systems
| Author | : Ikechukwu Anthony Kanu |
| Publisher | : AuthorHouse |
| Total Pages | : 407 |
| Release | : 2022-07-14 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1665599596 |
The perspectives in this book reveal how in African anthroposophy, earth-based spiritual traditions and innovative spiritual practices are already emerging in response to the painful realities of climate change, mass extinction, biodiversity loss, and the disruption of local and global ecosystems which have for long not received the attention that it duly deserves. This piece, therefore, will become one of the greatest ornaments and lights in the world of African eco-spirituality as it responds to questions that are long overdue.
Towards an African-Christian Environmental Ethic
| Author | : Nisbert Taisekwa Taringa |
| Publisher | : University of Bamberg Press |
| Total Pages | : 109 |
| Release | : 2014-04-17 |
| Genre | : Christian ethics |
| ISBN | : 3863092104 |
This book is a critical comparative study of African (Shona) and Christian attitudes to nature. The purpose of initiating this discussion is to review the existing attitudes to nature in these two religions. This has important implications in an attempt to formulate a pubic environmental ethic in which traditional Shona and Christian adherents participate. This is crucial in the light of the ongoing inequity and ecological imbalance in Zimbabwe.
Mother Earth, Mother Africa & African Indigenous Religions
| Author | : Nobuntu Penxa Matholeni |
| Publisher | : African Sun Media |
| Total Pages | : 200 |
| Release | : 2020-08-04 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 192848073X |
Africans embrace all of life, the humanity of each person, the world, and the creation of God. Consequently, African indigenous education reflects the completeness of life itself. The various chapters in this volume recount religious events and experiences from individual perspectives as they are unfolding on the continent. The different voices show how modernity, colonisation, urbanisation, Christianity, and technology have sidelined beliefs and practices of African traditional religions (ATRs) to the detriment of the environment. This volume brings together voices from leading proponents of ATRs and African religious heritage to help us appreciate how values are richly entrenched in African religious life. It demonstrates the detailed richness of ATRs and culture and showcases how far the academic study of ATRs in Africa has come, and calls for a concerted effort through partnership between various actors to ensure environmental sustainability.
Problems and Difficulties that Religious Traditions Face when They Address Problems Related to Ecological Issues
| Author | : Mwita James |
| Publisher | : Grin Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 20 |
| Release | : 2016-12-15 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9783668358850 |
Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Sociology - Religion, course: Master of Religion Society and global issues, language: English, abstract: Religious traditions and ecological issues have been the key features of human affairs and the leading issues in the contemporary society, attracting the attention of the global society. The paper discusses the problems and difficulties that religious traditions face when addressing problems related to ecological issues. The essay defines the terms "religious traditions" and "ecological issues." The paper points out issues on general ecology, and current ecological crisis showing the areas of conflict between religion and ecology in view of Christianity and African traditional religion as examples of five major world religions for the purposes of trying to understand the key environmental challenges are impossible for the two religions to address the crisis. Challenges facing religious tradition in combating ecological issues are summarized for better understanding.
God's Family, God's Earth
| Author | : Kaoma, Kapya J. |
| Publisher | : Kachere Series |
| Total Pages | : 254 |
| Release | : 2014-01-16 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9990802629 |
This book explores how the mounting ecological crisis has religious, political, and economic roots that enable and promote social and environmental harm. It presents the thesis that religious traditions, including their ethical expressions, can effectively address the crisis, ameliorate its effects, and advocate social and environmental betterment, now and in the future. The ecological overtones of African traditional religions and Christianity are examined along with a discussion on African morality. Recognition is given to the conflict between ecological values and religious teachings in an examination contrasting the awareness of socio-economic problems caused by overpopulation.
The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Ecology
| Author | : Roger S. Gottlieb |
| Publisher | : OUP USA |
| Total Pages | : 685 |
| Release | : 2006-11-09 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 0195178726 |
Ecologically oriented visions of God, the Sacred, the Earth, and human beings. The proposed handbook will serve as the definitive overview of these exciting new developments. Divided into three main sections, the books essays will reflect the three dominant dimensions of the field. Part I will explore
Law, Religion and the Environment in Africa
| Author | : M. Christian Green |
| Publisher | : African Sun Media |
| Total Pages | : 449 |
| Release | : 2020-06-03 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 1928480578 |
This volume explores themes of ecotheology, ecofeminism, environmental pollution and degradation, climate change, human and environmental rights, sustainable development, human-animal relations through totem and taboo, sacred sites and spaces, and other environmental topics in ways that add immeasurably to the study of African environmentalisms and the interaction of law and religion. In terms of religion, the capability of humans not only to sin and destroy the earth, but also to repair and redeem it, is very much in evidence across Christianity, Islam and Africa’s many indigenous religious and cultural traditions. In terms of law, the need for effective policies and for states and governments to work with indigenous groups and communities towards environmental solutions is also apparent.
