RT Article
T1 Spirituality in Forest Management: A Conceptual Framework for Empirical Research
JF Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
VO 15
IS 2
SP 204
OP 228
A1 Pater, Catharina de
A1 Elands, Birgit
A1 Verschuuren, Bas
A2 Elands, Birgit
A2 Verschuuren, Bas
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1837124191
AB International forest policies are increasingly recognizing spiritual values as criteria for sustainable forest management. However, knowledge on how spiritual values are articulated in practice is scarce. Because most evidence remains anecdotal, the study of spiritual values in forest management remains unsystematized and under-theorized. Research is complicated by the widely diverging interpretations of the concept of spirituality in relation to forests. Drawing upon Saler’s family resemblances approach (2000 [1993]) and the dimensions of religion posed by Smart (1996, 2002), a framework with seven dimensions is proposed. The framework structures spiritual phenomena relevant to forest management so that they can be studied systematically. It attempts to accommodate the various ontologies and epistemologies connected to spirituality in forest management. We discuss the pros and cons of the framework and make recommendations for its application in the analysis of forest management plans and practices.
K1 Spiritual values
K1 dimensions of religion
K1 family resemblance approach
K1 forests
K1 nature experience
K1 Spirituality
K1 sustainable forest management
DO 10.1558/jsrnc.41999